Arthur and the Sword retold and illustrated by Robert Sabuda is the classic story of how Arthur pulled the sword from the stone to become king. The story of the least likely boy achieving greatness is inspiring. The illustrations by Sabuda are so incredible. The pictures are made to look like stained glass, and it is amazing how much they really do look like real stained glass. So much so that I used this book for a stained glass art lesson with third graders. It is also a good story to read during a unit that focuses on the middle ages, or when concentrating on fairy tales in literature. It is also a good resource for teaching readers how to use illustrations in a book to help them envision the text in the story. The pictures on each page of Arthur and the Sword depict the scene that the author is describing, just as the French used stained glass pictures in cathedrals to tell stories to the illiterate community about the Bible.
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