King Arthur and His Knights
A Companion Reader With a Dramatization
WW Norton · Print & ebook · November 28, 2017
You are invited to a world of bravery, magic, and adventure!
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- Who it’s for
- An illustrated transcript pairs Merlin, Lancelot, and Arthur’s tales with short dramatic versions.
- Themes
- Bravery and wisdom, Magic, Uniting a kingdom
- Genres
- Arthurian Tales, Royalty & Princes, Action & Adventure
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You are invited to a world of bravery, magic, and adventure! In a time of fear and danger, will Merlin's magic, Lancelot's bravery, and Arthur's wisdom be enough to unite the kingdom and bring peace? Beloved storyteller Jim Weiss brings tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table to life with action, wonder, and humor. Gorgeous paintings and whimsical medieval-style illuminated illustrations by Rebecca Sorge will fascinate and delight young readers.
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This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of the award-winning storytelling performance, available on MP3 and audio CD from Well-Trained Mind Press. The Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills. Listen to the Jim Weiss stories on the CD, read along in the book to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the short, accessible dramatic versions of Jim’s performances.
Arthurian Companion Reader
An illustrated transcript pairs Merlin, Lancelot, and Arthur’s tales with short dramatic versions.
Come here for
- Paintings and whimsical medieval-style illuminated illustrations
- Short, accessible dramatic versions to speak aloud
Expect
- The exact transcript of Jim Weiss’s storytelling performance
- A companion reader that can be enjoyed on its own
Where it sits
| Arthurian Tales | 100% |
|---|---|
| Action & Adventure | 19% |
| Royalty & Princes | 17% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Arthurian Tales
- Authors
- Chris Bauer, Jim Weiss
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- November 28, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Bravery and wisdom · Magic · Uniting a kingdom
- Reading lane
- The Classics