[LM_NET] HIT: HS Arthurian Legends

[Vivian Cisneros <Casabonita@AOL.COM>]

Here are the  recommendations I received for Arthurian legend books for high 
school  level.  I want to thank everyone  again for helping out.   
Vivian 
Original  request: 
One of our high school  English classes does a project on Arthurian Legends 
every year.  I've found  some good Internet sources, but have been having 
problems locating good print  sources at a high school level.  Most of the books 
I've found are either  rather juvenile, or too scholarly.  Can anyone recommend 
any print sources  that would be appropriate for high school research?  I've 
checked the  archives, but the only recommendations I found were for websites.  
I'll  post a hit.  Thanks so much for any help you can give  me. 
Vivian   
Vivian  Cisneros
Library Media Specialist
Newcastle High School
Newcastle, OK  73065
vcisnero@newcastle.k12.ok.us
_casabonita@aol.com_ (mailto:casabonita@aol.com)  
 

Recommendations  received: 
 

Is Steinbeck's book  still in print?  It's very good.   
 

It turns out that many  Arthurian Legends - including those about the King 
himself - are interspersed  with "facts."  This story about King Arthur links to 
all kinds of primary  sources, timelines, pictures of the legendary places 
and books which are  suitable for high schoolers.   
http://www.awesomestories.com/movies/king_arthur/king_arthur_ch1.htm  The  site is 
subscription-based but 
is free to all educators, schools and  libraries.  Simply request an academic 
membership at the site's main  URL.  _http://www.awesomestories.com/_ 
(http://www.awesomestories.com/)  
 

Have you seen the  series of books by Gerald Morris? The first one is 
The Squire's Tale (link  below). They'd be a good middle school read -- 
I'm not sure how scholarly  they are but they sure are fun!

_http://tinyurl.com/boyfr_ (http://tinyurl.com/boyfr)  
 

These titles have been  useful in our English 12 projects:   4 titles
(sorry for the  formatting, but I'm under time constraints  this
morning!) 


King Arthur :  how history is invented
In
[ Book ] 942.01 Rob Roberts, Jeremy, 1956-  
Published 2001


King Arthur  
In
[ Book ] 942.01  Doh Doherty, Paul C. 
Published 1987


The world of King Arthur and  his court : people, places, legend,
and lore 
In
[ Book ] 942.01 Cro  Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
Published 1999 
Reading Counts!® Level: 7.5 / 6.0  pts.


The quest for Arthur's Britain
In
[ Book ] 942.01 ASH  Ashe, Geoffrey. 
Published 1968 


Arthur's Britain : history and archaeology, AD 367-634.
In
[ Book  ] 941.013 Alc Alcock, Leslie. 
Published 1973 



Never underestimate the  power of a gorgeously illustrated legend. 
Try: 
Young Merlin, Young  Arthur, Young Guenivere~San Souci 
 
Merlin trilogy by Jane  Yolen~Hobby, Passager, Merlin 



Vivian  Cisneros
Library Media Specialist
Newcastle High School
Newcastle, OK  73065
405-387-5861 x  113
vcisnero@newcastle.k12.ok.us
casabonita@aol.com

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