Knight Crusader
by Ronald Welch
illustrations by William Stobbs
Age: 12+
Interests: knights, crusades, history, medieval history, war, adventure, violence
Knight Crusader
03 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 12+ Tags: adventure, British history, crusades, history, knights, medieval history, violence, war
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
15 Jan 2014 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 6+ Tags: adventure, castle, cooking, fairy tale updated, knights, mice, Princess, rats
The Tale of Despereaux
released: 2008
rated: G
length: 93 min.
age: 6+
interests: mice, rats, castles, princesses, cooking, updated fairy tales, adventure
Next: read the book!
The Door in the Wall
19 Nov 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: British history, castle, knights, medieval history, physical handicaps, religion
The Door in the Wall
by Margeurite de Angeli
Age: 9+
Interests: history, medieval history, British history, knights, castles, religion, overcoming physical handicaps
A Dictionary of Chivalry
06 May 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: British history, castle, history, knights, medieval history, war
A Dictionary of Chivalry
by Grant Uden
illustrations by Pauline Baynes
Age: 9+
Interests: history, British history, knights, medieval history, war
Adam of the Road
30 Apr 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 8+, books 9+ Tags: adventure, British history, castle, dogs, history, knights, medieval history, music, single parent, travel
by Elizabeth Janet Gray (aka Elizabeth Gray Vining)
Age: 8+ (read to); 9+ (independent reading)
Interests: history, medieval times, British history, knights, castles, dogs, travel, adventure
The Reluctant Dragon
05 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 8+ Tags: dragons, fairy tale updated, knights, non-violence
by Kenneth Grahame
originally a chapter within the 1898 novel Dream Days; later published on its own
Holiday House: 1938
1966 edition: 55 pp.
Age: 6+ (read to); 8+ (independent reading)
Interests: dragons, knights, revisionist fairy tales, non-violence
Also by this author: The Wind in the Willows
Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
10 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: difference, England, knights, Magic, medieval history
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1985
Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
Selina Hastings, text
Juan Wijngaard, illustrations
Walker Books, 1985
24 pp.
Age: 8+
Interests: knights, King Arthur, medieval history, magic
Next: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by same author/illustrator
Also: Saint George and the Dragon, The Kitchen Knight: a Tale of King Arthur, and Merlin and the Making of the King, all by Margaret Hodges and Trina Schart Hyman
Horses in Battle
12 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: American history, British history, history, horses, knights, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1975
by Victor Ambrus
Oxford, 1975
39 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: nonfiction, history, horses, war, knights
Also by this author: The Three Poor Tailors, Mishka, Drawing Animals, Drawing on Archaeology
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
28 Apr 2011 1 Comment
in Movies, movies 4+ Tags: castle, dragons, fairies, Fairy Tale, knights, Magic, Princess, romance, witches
Rated: G
Length: 75 min.
Age: 4 and up. Commonsense Media sez: iffy for ages 4/5
Scary Factor: no real danger until the climax, when Maleficent turns into a dragon to battle the prince (scene is relatively brief)
Intense Scenes: far more suspense and chills than outright scares – Maleficent is wonderfully threatening; scene in which Aurora pricks her finger on the spindle is eerie and enthralling.
Bad Behaviour: Boozing – the two kings drink endless toasts to each other and a minstrel gets quietly sloshed under the table.
Language: “fools! idiots! imbeciles!” barked by Maleficent at her underlings; she also mentions the powers of “hell”
Interests: fairy tales, princesses, knights, castles, dragons, magic, fairies
Next: Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Thumbelina
Saint George and the Dragon
11 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: action, adventure, British history, castle, dragons, Fairy Tale, knights, Magic, Princess, saints, travel
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1985
Trina Schart Hyman, illustrator
text retold by Margaret Hodges
New York: Little, Brown, 1984
32 pp
ages 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, knights, dragons, princesses, quests, castles, British history, saints
Next: King Arthur stories, more about St. George
Also by this illustrator: Rapunzel, The Serpent Slayer; and Other Stories of Strong Women
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