SOLVED. Fantasy Book: Beowulf (C. 1998)

[Ethan]

Hi folks,

Does anyone remember this one Bewoulf book, at one point in it, there's a painting of a guy with a wolf's head? I remember taking it out from the library as a kid; the first time was in 1998.

Anyone else remember this book?

[SBC]

Hi Ethan, when you say at one point there's a painting of a guy with a wolf's head, is this something a character in the story sees or is this an illustrated book and this is an illustration you saw?

[Ethan]

It's an illustrated book; one of the illustrations is a painting of a guy with a wolf's head.

[SBC]

Can you recall anything about the style of the painting? Full colour? Pencil/ink? Cartoonish? Creepy? etc.

Can you recall whether it was a shorter or longer book and whether it might have had other stories in it as well, or if it was it just focused on Beowulf?

For only Beowulf, a lot of memorable illustrated ones are too late for your timing (Rumford/Kimmel/Morpurgo, etc). Beowulf published in 1999 is probably too late, too?

If it was part of a collection of other stories, could it be The Great Deeds of Superheroes or Mostly Monsters?

[Len]

There is a Beowulf list on goodreads at:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Mir]

Do you recall if it was an edition of Beowulf, or like a modern retelling inspired by Beowulf?

[Ethan]

SBC wrote: "Can you recall anything about the style of the painting? Full colour? Pencil/ink? Cartoonish? Creepy? etc.

Can you recall whether it was a shorter or longer book and whether it might have had othe..."

All I remember is that it had a full color style painting, it wasn't cartoonish.

[Ethan]

Update, I think I may have found it - found this book called Favorite Medieval Tales; the cover art style looks similar to the illustration I remember...

[SBC]

Oh great! Favorite Medieval Tales for the link.