When your kids are a little older, I highly recommend The Great Brain series by John D Fitzgerald. Really great lessons about outsmarting everyone, and loyalty and respect to family.
Jul 29, 2022·edited Jul 29, 2022Liked by Aristophanes
If you're reading to your son, try Howard Pyle's Story of King Arthur and his Knights.
Haven't read it but Pyle's Merry Adventures of Robin Hood are superb, so stands to reason his King Arthur stories would be decent. Robin Hood includes a number of illustrations and annotations which help the reader immerse himself in the details of Merry Old England. For example, you'll learn what makes a clothyard shaft (type of arrow). This (and the fake old English idiom) can seem daunting for a small child but children are naturally gifted at tuning in to new language patterns. Not a problem.
"Now will I make my vow," quoth Little John, "thou art the very best swordsman that ever mine eyes beheld."
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"Now," quoth Little John, "it doth seem to me that instead of striving to cut one another's throats, it were better for us to be boon companions. What sayst thou, jolly Cook, wilt thou go with me to Sherwood Forest and join with Robin Hood's band? Thou shalt live a merry life within the woodlands, and sevenscore good companions shalt thou have, one of whom is mine own self. Thou shalt have two suits of Lincoln green each year, and forty marks in pay."
did you have to ask for showing so many pictures ? or is "legal quoting" (sorry, not english speaker), i'd like to speak about a french version of that book on my blog
When your kids are a little older, I highly recommend The Great Brain series by John D Fitzgerald. Really great lessons about outsmarting everyone, and loyalty and respect to family.
Thanks for the recommendation, perhaps worthy of a review even if my kids aren't old enough yet, then it can hang around on the shelf till they are!
If you're reading to your son, try Howard Pyle's Story of King Arthur and his Knights.
Haven't read it but Pyle's Merry Adventures of Robin Hood are superb, so stands to reason his King Arthur stories would be decent. Robin Hood includes a number of illustrations and annotations which help the reader immerse himself in the details of Merry Old England. For example, you'll learn what makes a clothyard shaft (type of arrow). This (and the fake old English idiom) can seem daunting for a small child but children are naturally gifted at tuning in to new language patterns. Not a problem.
"Now will I make my vow," quoth Little John, "thou art the very best swordsman that ever mine eyes beheld."
...
"Now," quoth Little John, "it doth seem to me that instead of striving to cut one another's throats, it were better for us to be boon companions. What sayst thou, jolly Cook, wilt thou go with me to Sherwood Forest and join with Robin Hood's band? Thou shalt live a merry life within the woodlands, and sevenscore good companions shalt thou have, one of whom is mine own self. Thou shalt have two suits of Lincoln green each year, and forty marks in pay."
did you have to ask for showing so many pictures ? or is "legal quoting" (sorry, not english speaker), i'd like to speak about a french version of that book on my blog
Better to beg for forgiveness than ask permission (It's over 10 years old)