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Title:
Saint George and the dragon : a golden legend
JLCTITLE245:
adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
Personal Author:
Hodges, Margaret, 1911-2005, adapter.
Publication Information:
Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown and Company, [1984]
Physical Description:
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
ISBN:
9780316367899

9780316367950

9780758700704

9780329028428

9780833561138

9780780703131
Series:
The Caldecott medal
Abstract:
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
Reading Level:
1080 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.6 5540. 0.5.

3-5 5.9 3.0 9944. Reading Counts RC.

Accelerated Reader Grades K-4 5.6 0.5 Quiz 5540 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.

Accelerated Reader LG 5.6 0.5.
Personal Subject:
George, Saint, -303-Legends.

George, Saint, -303.
Subject Term:
Folklore -- England -- Juvenile fiction.

Knights and knighthood -- Juvenile fiction.

Dragons -- Juvenile fiction.

Folklore -- England.

Knights and knighthood -- Folklore.

Dragons -- Folklore.
Added Author:
Hyman, Trina Schart,

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599, Faerie queene.
Added Corporate Author:
Little, Brown and Company,
Supplement/Special Entry:
Adaptation of (work): Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Faerie queene.
Variant Title:
St. George and the dragon
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