Catherine Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 First-for the version of King Arthur-the student is meant to read all of them? The would be 5 books (Jacobi version, Lanier, Sutcliff, and two by T H White). It seems excessive time devoted to one topic. What have all of you done? If you have used just one or two, which did you choose and why? Next question: How about substituting D'Aulaire's Norse myths for one of the recommended version? Any reason not to? We already own the D'Aulaire's. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rhondabee Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Yes, just choose whichever version of Arthur seems best for your child. My ds had read a version from the library (can't recall which), and was "Arthured-out" by the time we got the Arthur, so we didn't even actually do one on the official list. :) But, really, I think there are so many on the list so that you can feel free to choose whichever will work best for you - not to make you feel like you must do them all! And, I think you'll be fine substituting for Norse Myths as well. I have the D'aulaire's Greek Myths, and the Norse Myth books on the WTM list are very similar in set up and difficulty. We also read up to Sir Gawain's temptation scenes in the Tolkien version, then switched to a more middle-school (hey my kid's hormones are raging already, thank you) version. It was at our library, but I'll link amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Green-Knight-Michael-Morpurgo/dp/0763625191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212177754&sr=8-1 hth, Rhonda ps - We also loved the books listed for Middle Ages in SL Core 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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