Margaret Simpson

Michael Tickner

Top Ten Arthurian Legends

Ten of the best-known Arthurian Legends are retold - with a twist! Twisted Tales: Arthurian Legends features ten of the best-known Arthurian legends, hilariously retold in different formats. In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Sir Gawain is in serious trouble - and about to lose his head! Read his diary to find out if he'll survive his testing adventure. In "The Sword in the Stone," Young Arthur pulls it off - and out! The Celtic Clarion reports the news of his sensational rise to fame. In "The Quest for the Holy Grail," Lancelot, Gawain and Bors go in search of the Grail. Find out what happens to each of them in their own special tale. Only the best will win this quest! You've never read stories like this before. Twisted Tales is packed with funny cartoons and interesting facts about Arthurian time and history.

Arthurian Legends

Terry Deary

Ten well-known Greek legends are retold - as you've never read them before! In this collection of ten Greek legends, a top policeinspector investigates Oedipus's crimes and there's the chance to play the hero in the story of the Trojan War and Achilles. The book also includes nasty ways to die, cruel Greek criminals and petrifying pets of the ancient world. Want to know whatHercules was doing before he got his own TV show? This whimsical guide explains the figures and themes of major Greek myths. Readers also get a glimpse of everyday life in ancient Greece. Twisted Tales: Greek Legends is great for grade 5 ancient civilization curriculum.

Greek Legends

Michael Cox

Ten of the most thrilling horror stories are retold ...with a twist The Hound of the Baskervilles - can Sherlock Holmes save the Baskerville family from the fangs of the demon-dog? Crime-busting show Wuff Justice follows the investigation... Dracula - take a trip to Transylvania and meet the toothy count. He's starring in an all-singing, all-dancing musical spectacular... The Pit and the Pendulum - Wicked Interiors Magazine takes us on a terrifying tour of the deepest, darkest, deadliest dungeon of them all. It's torture You've never read them like this before...

Michael Tickner

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