| The Knights' Tales: The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great by Gerald Morris |
THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LANCELOT THE GREAT
by Gerald Morris
Illustrated by: Aaron Renier
Release Date: 5/5/08
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 96
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by: Jaglvr
Everyone knows the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table. And everyone knows that Sir Lancelot was the
most famous and bravest night of the group. Mr. Morris has
taken the story of Lancelot and made it entertaining and fun for
readers of all ages.
THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LANCELOT THE GREAT is the first
book in the new THE KNIGHTS' TALES series. In this retelling of
Sir Lancelot, Mr. Morris makes Lancelot humorous and quite the
whimsical knight.
Lancelot hears that the knights of King Arthur are the best and
shiniest in the lands. So he leaves his father and his home
country, France, on a quest for the world-famous knights. On
his journey, he winds up in a rain storm, making his armor quite
muddy. In his attempts to clean his armor to present himself to
the Court of King Arthur, he is attacked by sixteen different
knights. As his right hand was busy cleaning his armor, he
managed to defeat all sixteen by using his left hand. Little did
he know, he had stumbled into the midst of a tournament and
unknowingly wins.
As with all the adventures in this quick read, Mr. Morris makes
the story humorous when it is revealed that this very tournament
was for King Arthur himself.
Readers of all ages will delight in the amusing adventures that
Lancelot finds himself faced with. He gets caught in a tree, tied
up by four queens, and becomes a reclusive forest man. Aiding
the storytelling are the equally entertaining illustrations done by
Aaron Renier.
I found myself laughing while reading this story and look forward
to the next book in the series, THE ADVENTURES OF SIR
GIVRET THE SHORT, due out in October 2008.
by Gerald Morris
Illustrated by: Aaron Renier
Release Date: 5/5/08
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 96
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by: Jaglvr
Everyone knows the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table. And everyone knows that Sir Lancelot was the
most famous and bravest night of the group. Mr. Morris has
taken the story of Lancelot and made it entertaining and fun for
readers of all ages.
THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LANCELOT THE GREAT is the first
book in the new THE KNIGHTS' TALES series. In this retelling of
Sir Lancelot, Mr. Morris makes Lancelot humorous and quite the
whimsical knight.
Lancelot hears that the knights of King Arthur are the best and
shiniest in the lands. So he leaves his father and his home
country, France, on a quest for the world-famous knights. On
his journey, he winds up in a rain storm, making his armor quite
muddy. In his attempts to clean his armor to present himself to
the Court of King Arthur, he is attacked by sixteen different
knights. As his right hand was busy cleaning his armor, he
managed to defeat all sixteen by using his left hand. Little did
he know, he had stumbled into the midst of a tournament and
unknowingly wins.
As with all the adventures in this quick read, Mr. Morris makes
the story humorous when it is revealed that this very tournament
was for King Arthur himself.
Readers of all ages will delight in the amusing adventures that
Lancelot finds himself faced with. He gets caught in a tree, tied
up by four queens, and becomes a reclusive forest man. Aiding
the storytelling are the equally entertaining illustrations done by
Aaron Renier.
I found myself laughing while reading this story and look forward
to the next book in the series, THE ADVENTURES OF SIR
GIVRET THE SHORT, due out in October 2008.