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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great

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Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur brought justice to England with the help of his gallant Knights of the Round Table. Of these worthy knights, there was never one so fearless, so chivalrous, so honorable, so…shiny as the dashing Sir Lancelot, who was quite good at defending the helpless and protecting the weak, just as long as he’d had his afternoon nap. Behold the very exciting and very funny adventures of Lancelot the Great, as only acclaimed Arthurian author Gerald Morris can tell them.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateMay 18, 2009
ISBN9780547529868
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
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Gerald Morris

When Gerald Morris was in fifth grade he loved Greek and Norse mythology and before long was retelling the stories to his younger sister and then to neighborhood kids. He began carrying a notebook in which he kept some of the details related to the different stories. The joy he found in retelling those myths continued when he discovered other stories. According to Gerald Morris, “I never lost my love of retelling the old stories. When I found Arthurian literature, years later, I knew at once that I wanted to retell those grand tales. So I pulled out my notebook . . . I retell the tales, peopling them with characters that I at least find easier to recognize, and let the magic of the Arthurian tradition go where it will.” Gerald Morris lives in Wausau, Wisconsin, with his wife and their three children. In addition to writing he serves as a minister in a church.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This book is a hilarious version of historical fiction that breaks the stereotype of the genre. Boys ages 8-11 will especially like reading about the silly adventures of Sir Lancelot. While the vocabulary in this book is large, it lends opportunity for learning and discussion with teachers/parents. Within the lighthearted adventures readers will find morals they can relate to, like 'the grass is always greener on the other side' and 'friendship is lasting.' Also check out the rest of the series!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Written for readers who are transitioning to more complicated chapter books, this is a simplification of Sir Lancelot the Great's adventures. The author picks about 4-5 episodes and makes short, chapter-length stories out of them. It's a good introduction to the legends and probably makes them more interesting to kids who would otherwise be put off by the more inaccessible language of other retellings. Hopefully kids will gain an appreciation for the tales and later be motivated to move on to some more complex King Arthur material. I didn't enjoy the illustrations - I'll go on record as saying they seemed like bad Hanna-Barbera cartoon cels.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    It's been way too long since I read me some Arthurian legend. And while I should probably go back and remind myself of everything I've forgotten from T.H. White's The Once and Future King, or perhaps Roger Lance Green's King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (with it's spiffy new Puffin Classics edition), it was more fun to get Gerald Morris's take on the French knight aimed at the young reader crowd.Fun is key here. Morris has neatly selected a series of tales from Lancelot's part in the legends and presented them as a series of adventures that begin with his inadvertently spectacular arrival at Arthur's court to his days where he has grown weary of the burden of being Sir Lancelot. Along the way he meets challengers to his title as unbeaten, ladies who hold him hostage until he chooses one for a wife, and in the end, defender of the innocence of the queen.Ah, yes, Guinevere. There's no mention of Lancelot's secret affair here, and nothing else unsavory that might scare off young boys (and girls, to be fair) who might be getting their first introduction to the Arthurian legends. Guine isn't even mentioned by name, she's simply the queen. All in all there is a very sanitized, safe feeling about these adventures, but that doesn't make them any less enjoyable.The humorous illustrations, both inside and on the cover, are an appropriate indication of what the reader can expect. In some ways, the book's lineage feels closer to Monty Python than any of the traditional prose or poetry of legend. It's hard not to see the rampaging John Cleese at times as Lancelot goes through his paces, until you come across one of Renier's illustrations and are confronted with an entirely different, but equally humorous, character.

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