Saint George and the Dragon

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.

First sentence: IN THE DAYS when monsters and giants and fairy folk lived in England, a noble knight was riding across a plain.

Year

1984

Language

English

Publisher

Little, Brown Young Readers

Editions

4

Reader rating

4.4 / 5 (5)

Pages

32

ISBN

9780316367950

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