Favorite Medieval Tales

1 Finn Maccoul — Boy eats magic salmon for Irish poetry, weds girl evil Druid transformed to doe.

2 Beowulf — He slays Grendel for besieged King Hothgar of Denmark but monster mother leaves marsh for revenge.

3 Sword in the Stone — Boy Merlin tells evil king, red dragon slain is his future, hides son Arthur for Uther.

4 Island of the Lost Children — Griffin flies Dutch Prince Hagen to isle with Hilda and princesses.

5 Roland — Count Ganelon from Charlemagne in France, betrays to pagan Spaniards, who flee when devout Roland sounds horn

6 Werewolf — Faithless wife hides clothes so Sir Marrok stays animal.

7 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Youngest Camelot knight beheads green bearded stranger with own axe, after promising to allow return on New Year Day.

8 Robin Hood and his Merry Men — archer disguised in red beggar robes and eye patch contests for Sheriff's gold arrow.

9 Chanticleer and the Fox — Fable where fox captures rooster by flattery.

• Author
• Mary Pope Osborne, Troy Howell

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 96

• Publisher
• Scholastic Paperbacks

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-439-14134-5

• EAN
• 9780439141345

• Genres
• medieval, fantasy, childrens, fiction, folklore, mythology

• Release date
• 2002