The Dark Dark Knight

Name: The Dark Dark Knight
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9781836043867
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By Lesley Sims

Series: Puzzle Adventures

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A lively time travel mystery packed with puzzles and intrigue. It's an ordinary day for Hallie and Martha... until they accidentally wake two knights from a thousand-year sleep and find themselves on a daring and dangerous quest. Flung back in time, they must travel through the... Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

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A lively time travel mystery packed with puzzles and intrigue.

It's an ordinary day for Hallie and Martha... until they accidentally wake two knights from a thousand-year sleep and find themselves on a daring and dangerous quest. Flung back in time, they must travel through the ancient kingdom of Hamalot in search of Good King Stan. For only Good King Stan can save both the past and the present from the evil threat of the mysterious The Dark Dark Knight.

Full of coded messages plus logic, map, and maze puzzles to unravel as you read, this Usborne classic has been updated and enhanced for a whole new generation of puzzle adventurers.

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The Dark Dark Knight

A lively time travel mystery packed with puzzles and intrigue. It's an ordinary day for Hallie and Martha... until they accidentally wake two knights from a thousand-year sleep and find themselves on a daring and dangerous quest. Flung back in time, they must travel through the ancient kingdom of Hamalot in search of Good King Stan. For only Good King...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781836043867

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 November 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Peter Wingham

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 110g

Pages: 48

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Activity Books and Kits Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Humour Lesley Sims Series: Puzzle Adventures

About the Author

Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio.

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