I never interest to learn chess until I saw this book. Oh such a delightful to enjoy each pages, I wish for more and more.
Across the Battlefield successful mesmerizing me with heartwarming storytelling about young pawn who learnt about her self, life skills and importance of contributing in teamwork. All the adventures become alive with vivid, detailed colored and beautiful illustrations. Every steps and path of characters journey is describes at chess diagrams with easy to understand explanation.

I really love this unique book and found it very valuable for all age readers, not only for young one. I wishes for more amazing children book like this which offer stories, lessons and amazing art in one package. Highly recommended, an easy 5 stars for me.

What a fun way to familiarise yourself with chess! It was a brilliant idea to add (on the left side) a playful illustration of a Harry Potter-inspired chess game to give life to the concept.

It is notoriously difficult to understand the rules, so it was quite impressive to create a quirky, easy to understand book on the subject, all the while giving more formal explanations on the right side.

I still think it might be too complex for younger readers but it is a fun story to see Prunella learn about team work.

As someone who never learned how to play chess, Across the Battlefield is a good place to start! The illsutrations remind me of Wizard's Chess from Harry Potter.

Chess seems to be gaining in popularity these days. For any child that wants to get into the game, this book creatively introduces all the pieces, opening moves, and the basics of gameplay. Moves described in the text are illustrated in a diagram and a fictional story keeps younger readers engaged. Table at the end summarizes when pieces are most useful and in danger based on their positioning on the board. Question are posed with board setups and possible solutions to pick from to help students learn the art of chess. A creative and beautifully illustrated way to involve kids in the age old game of kings.