Bottom line: Super funny, engaging, and it all comes together in the end. Love love love it for third and fourth graders.

Plot: Sir Gawain the Undefeated is a great knight and a nice guy, but he's a little rude. What could make Sir Gawain appreciate the importance of good manners? Maybe the threat of losing his head? Hardly a simple morality tale, this awesome little book explores the importance of promises, of taking vows, and what it means to be a good friend. ( )

Length: 128 Pages
Book:3 of 4 The Knights’ Tales
Originally published: 2011

Morris still has his touch! ( )

Entertaining and funny. Great way for kids to get acquainted with stories of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. It seems these tales also have a nice message for the kiddos about character. ( )

An excellent retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - written for children! I picked this up at the library on a lark as part of my December Book Club selection. I didn't expect much of it, but as the old saying goes, you can't judge a book by it's cover, and this comely edition proves just that. The age old story, that I am well familiar with, is renewed. Emphasizing the lessons of the older translations in a way that recounts the story in modern english while written for children, without speaking down to it's audience, this book is one that I will seek out again to re-read to my older children.

I didn't think, though, that this retelling deserves a full five stars because of the slight change that was made by the author with the ending. Otherwise, I loved this edition. ( )