The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur

Fantastic read, the art is colorful and well done. The length is perfect for a bed time story. I cannot recommend this enough for any family who cares about setting a good example for their sons.

Most of the books for children written and published today are both shallow and mind-numbingly simplistic. This book is neither. The story is timeless and well-written with advanced vocabulary and syntax. No concessions are made to modern sensibilities and the story not dumbed down for little ones. The illustrations are beautiful. My daughter loves this book.Spoiler Alert: The noble knight works hard in difficult circumstances, defeats his enemies, is gracious in victory, wins the hand of a fair maiden, and rides off into the sunset. If you have a problem with that, then this is absolutely not the book for you.

I have loved the illustrations of Trina Schart Hyman since I was child. Some years back I tried to buy this book, but it had gone out of print and the used copies were selling for $50.00. So, I was excited to see that it had been reissued.The story is based on one of the legends of King Arthur. It is about a young man who seeks favor with the King Arthur; he goes on a journey, faces many foes and yes saves a princess locked in a tower. However, the maiden in the tower does have a fiery sister which makes the story a bit less patriarchal. The pictures are the main attraction and they are beautiful. It is standard paperback book quality. I would not recommend it for children younger than 1st grade unless they have a decent attention span because there is quite a bit of text.

Don't buy the Kindle Edition- it's not a real book. There are 2 pages of lines & nonsense characters. $6.99 gets you the front cover only. I returned it due to defective content- it's supposed to be 32 pages with illustrations.

I absolutely love this book!! If you read this duo's version of St. George and the dragon, you'll love this. If you haven't read that, go and get that one too. I love Hodges' use of language; she is a master storyteller and Hyman's illustrations are stunning. The only negative thing is that I bought this as a gift for one of my children and now I have to wait to give it and share it with them!

It is evident that care and thought were put into making this book--unlike so many more popular children's books.

The King Arthur stories are foundational stories to which all young children should be exposed. Unfortunately, some authors take the approach of compressing the many stories into one volume. This approach has the value of consistency but unfortunately strips out a lot of the meaning of the stories. A better approach is to take the individual stories and re-work them so that young children can understand them.The story of the "Kitchen Knight" is one of the best stories in the Arthurian cycle. Unforutnatley, it is also one of the stories with so much odd detail. Margeret Hodges does a beautiful job of boiling down the story to its essential parts. In addition, Trina Schart Hyman's wonderful illustrations add yet another level of pleasure to the story. Highly recommended.

my three 4-8 year old boys enjoyed thisalso good character lessons are taught

An okay book. Nicely written but not a very exciting storyline

Excellent book. Beautiful illustrations and well written. Arrived in perfect condition.