Publisher's Note "Welby and the Knobby King: A Patchquilt Novel by Courtney Kateri is an engaging and entertaining children's story about young people who live in a world encompassed by the patchwork blanket quilted by an old woman. Once a year, all the Patchquilt kids who have reached the age of twelve travel with their elders to honor her. This year's pilgrimage is interrupted when a boy and the Queen's daughter are trapped in the terrible Land of the Great Beyond--their journey for rescue comes to life in this original and highly recommended tale of courage and adventure."--Midwest Book Review. Original.