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Favorite Medieval Tales
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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. Fantasy Book: Beowulf (C. 1998)

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message 1: by Ethan (new)

Ethan | 36 comments Hi folks,

Does anyone remember this one Bewoulf book, at one point in it, there's a painting of a guy with a wolf's head? I remember taking it out from the library as a kid; the first time was in 1998.

Anyone else remember this book?


message 2: by SBC (new)

SBC (essbeecee) | 1594 comments Hi Ethan, when you say at one point there's a painting of a guy with a wolf's head, is this something a character in the story sees or is this an illustrated book and this is an illustration you saw?


message 3: by Ethan (new)

Ethan | 36 comments It's an illustrated book; one of the illustrations is a painting of a guy with a wolf's head.


message 4: by SBC (new)

SBC (essbeecee) | 1594 comments Can you recall anything about the style of the painting? Full colour? Pencil/ink? Cartoonish? Creepy? etc.

Can you recall whether it was a shorter or longer book and whether it might have had other stories in it as well, or if it was it just focused on Beowulf?

For only Beowulf, a lot of memorable illustrated ones are too late for your timing (Rumford/Kimmel/Morpurgo, etc). Beowulf published in 1999 is probably too late, too?

If it was part of a collection of other stories, could it be The Great Deeds of Superheroes or Mostly Monsters?


message 5: by Len (new)

Len | 144 comments There is a Beowulf list on goodreads at:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...


message 6: by Mir (new)

Mir | 802 comments Do you recall if it was an edition of Beowulf, or like a modern retelling inspired by Beowulf?


message 7: by Ethan (new)

Ethan | 36 comments SBC wrote: "Can you recall anything about the style of the painting? Full colour? Pencil/ink? Cartoonish? Creepy? etc.

Can you recall whether it was a shorter or longer book and whether it might have had othe..."


All I remember is that it had a full color style painting, it wasn't cartoonish.


message 8: by Ethan (new)

Ethan | 36 comments Update, I think I may have found it - found this book called Favorite Medieval Tales; the cover art style looks similar to the illustration I remember...


message 9: by SBC (new)

SBC (essbeecee) | 1594 comments Oh great! Favorite Medieval Tales for the link.


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