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Author
Series
The knights' tales volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates tales of Sir Lancelot, the bravest knight in King Arthur's court.
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
©1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
A retelling of the classic tale in which a boy finds his fortune at the top of a beanstalk.
Recuenta el cuento clásico en que un niño encuentra su suerte a lo alto de una planta enorme de frijoles.
4) The treasure
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1978
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
7) Beowulf
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A retelling in prose of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Edgetheow, to save the people of Heorot hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom.
10) Robin Hood
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
11) Robin Hood
Author
Series
Scribner storybook classic volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
18) Wakenhyrst
Author
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother, ruled by her repressive father. When he finds a painted medieval devil in a graveyard, unhallowed forces are awakened. Maud's battle has begun. She must survive a world haunted by witchcraft, the age-old legends of her beloved fen, and the even...
19) Starve acre
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in an ancient farm in northern England, soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place. Convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, Juliette seeks...
20) Merry men
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"13th century England. Robert Godwinson, former lover of King Richard, lives with his band of Merry Men in Sherwood Forest, away from the watchful eye of Prince John, who has outlawed homosexuality. Though isolated, the men live in peace - that is, until a stranger enters their camp seeking aid for a nearby town besieged by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Robert - nicknamed Robin - is reluctant to help, but equally eager to get rid of this perplexing stranger......
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