Retelling the ever-popular King Arthur legends for a younger audience, the titles in this series feature text of no more than 400 words which interacts with the images in order to develop visual literacy.
The humorous story of young Arthur's training to become king, under the guidance of Merlin the magician Against the backdrop of magnificent pageantry and dark magic that was medieval England, The Sword in the Stone re-creates the education ...
Based on the classic Walt Disney animated movie, this Little Golden Book retelling of The Sword in the Stone was first published in 1963.
Except for the dragon-shaped constellation that appeared at his birth, there was nothing that suggested Arthur was destined for greatness. Narration by Christian Coulson (Tom Riddle, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets).
The elder, Kay, is determined to prove himself worthy as a knight or a king. The younger is Arthur, a farm boy through and through - until he sees the sword in the stone."--Back cover.
Alas, poor Leofric! Young squire to Sir Garderobe, he is in a pretty pickle. You see, while he was polishing his knight's sword, the priceless emerald in the hilt fell...
Merlin the magician hides Arthur, the true King of England, from his enemies for sixteen years, and he is only revealed when attempting to pull a sword out of stone.
Arthur dreams of becoming a knight, but no-one knows who he really is.
Congealing directly off the page, these are poems that only Mark Leidner could have written.
'The Sword and the Circle' tells of the birth of Arthur, the gift of Excalibur, the forming of the Round Table and the first noble quests of its knights until the arrival of Percival.
The Sword in the Stone