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This second book in a series continues the fantastic adventures of Wendy and Sir Burpsalot as they travel throughout the Kingdom of Camelot. The two young adventurers ride their mounts, a dragon and a unicorn, and visit the various inhabitants of the land. During a visit to the Land of the Stinkers, they discover that the Stinkers are now making perfume and wearing too much. They also visit a land that grows jellybeans to meet all their nutritional needs and find out that crows are stealing all the black jellybeans under the watchful eye of the old crone, Beaky. They decide it is their duty to solve the problem. In addition, each of the protagonists is approached with new job opportunities in distant lands, setting up more adventures in the next book in the series.
Greenwood approaches his story in the manner of a caretaker who is reading children a bedtime story. Each short section contains its own tale, and a storyteller could read only one section or the entire book to children in a sitting. Children with good reading skills could read these on their own, but the vocabulary may be a little difficult for the target audience. However, this is obviously written with young children in mind, especially considering the work's brief adventures and whimsical nature. Greenwood's writing is grammatical clean and moves the story along at a quick pace. In addition, the book includes many illustrations. The included artwork is done in simple line drawings. Occasionally, one of the character's heads gives the slight impression that it may be on the body backward, but, overall, the illustrations are well-done and carry charm all on their own. Their inclusion adds to the overall enjoyment of the stories.
There is a clear influence here of works like Roald Dahl's The BFG or even some of the works by Dav Pilkey. In a similar fashion, Greenwood uses very silly humor and quirky characters and settings to appeal to a young child's interests. In addition, anyone familiar with the older Rainbow Brite animated series may find some common threads in the colorful settings and odd, adorable creatures. This is definitely a story that young children can delight in and chuckle at the humor. It is short, entertaining, and served up as a summer blockbuster. It should delight young readers in the same way a wacky but lovable uncle makes up spontaneous stories to tell children, the ones that cause the parents to smile and shake their heads while the kids laugh and then shortly forget the tale. Yet, they always remember how fun it is when their uncle tells stories. Many children will find the story appealing and humorous on their first or second listen. It is also likely that there will be a few who will want to hear the stories again and again. That, in itself, is a positive note to this lighthearted tale. Parents and children searching for a book filled with short adventures that are sure to evoke a chuckle or two along the way may wish to add this book to their shelves.