The Adventures of King Arthur

by Angela Wilkes, Gill Harvey, Peter Dennis (Illustrator)

Retells the story of how Arthur became king by pulling a sword from a stone, how he gained his magic sword, Excalibur, and other tales of Arthur, Guinevere, Morgan le Fay, and the Knights of the Round Table.

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Arthurian

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1981

Reviews

[lucy]

I had this book as a little girl and vividly remember staying up past my bedtime to read this every night, I loved it so so much and from it sprung my obsession with Arthurian Legends. I’d been looking for a copy for years and finally found this last summer. It’s as perfect as I remember and I’m so grateful to have found it again.

[Starie Yeah]

It is another violent one. I've read 2 books today and both of them were the most violent books I have ever read. The story was good but I didn't like the part when Sir Pellinore wanted to kill the king.

[Lisa]

A short version of King Arthur, Excalibur, and the Knights of the Round Table.

[Jelena Petković]

Dobra zamisao za početnike u čitanju. Jedini nedostatak, rečenice su u tekstu malo suvoparne.

[Darrell Rivers]

An ok retelling for primary readers.

[Benji]

I liked this book because if you read the Jack and Annie books, there's a character called Morgan le Fay in them and she's really nice but in this book we find out that she's really mean to King Arthur. She wants to be Queen and she plays tricks on King Arthur and one of them was when King Arthur was on a boat hunting, Morgan le Fay invited them over to her boat, gave them lots of food to eat so they got really tired and went to sleep and then she put them all in a dungeon. She also tricked King Arthur to fight his friend. In the last chapter all the knights died except for four of them and I didn't know this before I read the book.

[Maple Class]

A king dies and has a secret son but a wizard takes the baby away. A couple of years later, he goes to a stone and pulls out a sword so he is a king but loads of other people tired and did not pull it out. Later the wizard takes him to a lake and a girl gives him a sword called Excalibur. Then they have a big war and he is about to die. So he told his friends to throw the sword into the lake. A lady took it and vanished then Arthur settled on a boat and vanished.
By Seth

[Karen A.]

Thumbs up for this one for 5 - 6 year old boys. Usborne has a whole series of classics that are geared to easy readers. Nice illustrations and topics that are intriguing to boys. Yayy.

[Hazmi Asyraf]

so good

[Kymberly]

This was pretty good for a really young reader but, I wish it had more of the stories.

[Patricia]

Excellent read aloud for a mythology-mad 9 year old. Perfect reading level and fun!!

[Rdevin Martin]

I didn't like the book because it only told about Arthur , it needed more story to it.

[Christina Bell]

good book for boys or girls who like adventure. an easy to read book about King Arthur and his reign. It starts with how he pulled the sword out of the stone, how he got a sword from the Lady of the Lake, Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot, and his death.