Customer Reviews

Knights of the Round Table (A Stepping Stone Book)

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This is an overly simplistic and poorly written introduction to the Arthur legend. If there weren't many better presentations of these tales for young readers, there might be an excuse for such a substandard rendering. Unless you want your kids to think that writing sentence fragments is preferable to constructing clear complex sentences, you might want to stay away from the entire "Bullseye Step Into Classic" series.

In addition to the ham-handed telling of the story, the writing in these Bullseye books is just terrible. Half-sentences. Written like this. Or this. Part of the value of such books is that young readers will learn to read "chapter books." But the English and grammar in these books is so abysmal as to render them useless for this task. I was very disappointed.

It is hard to believe a book this poorly written could make past the editors! There were so many run-on and incomplete sentences I had trouble reading it to my daughter. I can only imagine what my second grade daughter went through reading on her own. We will keep this book if only to serve as an example of how NOT to construct sentences. There is a year's worth of grammar exercises in this book.

I agree that this is not the finest book written on King Arthur, but it is one that can be read aloud, and easily enhanced by a grandmother anxious to read these legends to a second grader---- finding something appropriate for a young listener has not been easy!

My seven year old daughter and I loved this book. It had humor, valor, and a good moral throughout.There is a theme throughout about not being mislead by appearances. At this point in my childs education I am endeavoring to build a good moral foundation so I appreciate a good story that reinforces values!

I gave this book to one of my granddaughters & she says she is enjoying it..thank you....I purchased it through Amazon.com at a good price.

I purchased this book as a recommended resource for our homeschooling history program. I am STUNNED that such a book was suggested. The re-telling of the legends may be okay, but I couldn't get past the horrid grammar, incorrect punctuation, and sentence fragments to find out. One example is this: "There were loaves of bread. Steaming roasts. Goblets of wine. Fruits and honey cakes." If my child turned in anything written like this it would immediately be handed back to be written properly. There must be other adaptations appropriate for children written well. I strongly suggest searching them out and leaving this book alone. It is not worth the money.

Knights of the Round Table is a collection of stories based on the old Arthurian legends. The first chapter traces the lineage of Arthur and tells the story of the sword in the stone. Other stories feature Merlin, Lancelot, Morgan Le Fay, Sir Gawain, Lady Ragnell, and Sir Mordred. While this is a good adaptation of Arthurian literature, the occasional sentence fragments make the narrative choppy at times. Also, there are no stories about Galahad or the Holy Grail. Nevertheless, Gwen Gross has done a good job of relating these magical and adventurous stories of courage and unselfishness. Though designed for children, adults will find this book a good rendition of the King Arthur stories. Despite a few flaws, Knights of the Round Table is a decent book for anyone (parents of young readers in particular) looking for an adequate introduction to Arthurian literature.

This is like a condensed version of Malory's L Morte Darthur, the standard bearer of Arthurian subject matter.

My seven-year old son picked this book up to read tonight and was completely immersed. It is an approachable, light version of a classic that he found captivating. What could be bad about that? I thought it was well written for the purpose... to introduce classic stories in a manner that teaches and excites the child to read more. He couldn't put it down. We will definitely purchase more from this series of books. Well done.