“What are the best Children’s books about Knights ?” We looked at 199 of the top Kids Knights books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 9 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Kids Knights ” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 175+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

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Top 9 Best Children’s Books About Knights

9 .) Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight written by David Edge & John Miles Paddock

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Thought Co.

An illustrated survey of knights, their weapons, their battles and wars, and tournaments. Includes glossary of terms and an appendix detailing construction of armor.

8 .) Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village written by Laura Amy Schlitz

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Pragmatic Mom

A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.

7 .) Marguerite Makes a Book written by Bruce Robertson

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Pragmatic Mom

In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle.

6 .) Saint George and the Dragon written by Margaret Hodges

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Read Brightly

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.

5 .) The Door in the Wall written by Marguerite de Angeli

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Pragmatic Mom

A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.

4 .) The Dragon and the Raven written by G.A Henty

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Read Brightly

Scholars have recognized the historical works of Victorian novelist G.A. Henty for their accuracy. Here, Henty presents the violent struggle for English supremacy between the Saxons and the Danes.

3 .) The Making of a Knight written by Patrick O’Brien

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Read Brightly

Traces James’s journey during the Middle Ages in England from inexperienced page at the age of seven to knighthoodat the age of twenty-one.

2 .) Knights written by Andrea Hopkins

Lists It Appears On:

• Larsdatter
• Pragmatic Mom
• Thought Co.

1 .) The Knight and the Dragon written by Tomie dePaola

Lists It Appears On:

• Books For Topics
• Goodreads
• Pragmatic Mom

A knight who has never fought a dragon and an equally inexperienced dragon prepare to meet each other in battle.

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