The Barefoot book of knights
By: written by John Matthews ; illustrated by Giovanni Manna.
Contributors: Manna, Giovanni, 1966- ill.
Edition: Paperback ed.
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Knights and knighthood -- Folklore.; Knights and knighthood -- Folklore.
Genres: Folklore.
Description: A kindly armorer weaves tales of true chivalry from around the world so that a young page might learn and reach his ultimate goal of knighthood.
Notes: Includes bibliograpical references.
Table of contents: title: Tom comes to the castle; title: The Knight of the Kitchen (Britain); title: The Knight of the Swan (Germany); title: The three journeys of Ilya Muron (Russia); title: Perronik the Fool (Brittany); title: The tale of  Gushtasp (Persia); title: Yogodayu and the army of Bees (Japan); title: Sir Gliges and the cherry tree (France).