Customer Reviews

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Little Golden Book)

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Superbly illustrated by Gustaff Tenggren, and collaboratively retold by Emma Gelders Stern and Barbara Lindsay, King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table is an informative and thoroughly entertaining retelling of the classic legends of King Arthur and Camelot for young adult readers. Filled with museum quality, stylized full-color artwork, King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table presents the whole course of King Arthur's life, and those of his allies and enemies, in skillfully narrated, straightforward prose immediately accessible to young people of intermediate reading skill and above. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is enthusiastically recommended for personal, school, and community library Mythology & Folklore collections.

My daughter and I who were not entirely familiar with the legend of King Arthur, enjoyed this book very much. Although it is a quick overview of Arthur's exploits as well as the adventures of the knights of the round table, it is nontheless captivating. Easy to read and nicely illustrated.

I think all kids 7 and up should read this book because it is a real history book. And they should read it because everybody should get a turn reading stuff they haven't read before. I would describe this book as a moral for listening to other people. This book was really sad because all the kings and queens died. I think there should never be wars. It was a really exciting book because I got to learn something.

I first read this around 1967, when I was 10 years old. I remember it quite fondly. It felt very real, read very smoothly, and the pictures were amazing, if a little gory. I strongly recommend this book for young readers. I'm completely impartial, too. My mother and grandmother were the co-authors! :)

Being that this is a Little Golden Book and the reading level was listed as 4-8, I assumed that this book would be appropriate for my seven-year-old nephew. However, this book is clearly designed for an older child, both in themes and reading level. Now, I am out my shipping money, and I doubt I'll be ordering from Amazon anytime soon.