“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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An illustrated survey of knights, their weapons, their battles and wars, and tournaments. Includes glossary of terms and an appendix detailing construction of armor.
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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.
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In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle.
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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.
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A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.
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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.
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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.
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A knight who has never fought a dragon and an equally inexperienced dragon prepare to meet each other in battle.
| # | Books | Authors | Lists |
| 10 | A Boy and His Bear | Larsdatter | |
| 11 | A Boy Named Giotto | Larsdatter | |
| 12 | A Kid’s Life During the Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 13 | A Lion to Guard Us | Larsdatter | |
| 14 | A Medieval Feast | Larsdatter | |
| 15 | A Medieval Knight | Larsdatter | |
| 16 | A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver | Larsdatter | |
| 17 | A Single Shard | Larsdatter | |
| 18 | A Three-Dimensional Medieval Castle | Larsdatter | |
| 19 | A Viking Town | Larsdatter | |
| 20 | A Year in a Castle | Larsdatter | |
| 21 | Adam of the Road | Larsdatter | |
| 22 | Andy Shepherd & Sara Ogilvie | Books For Topics | |
| 23 | Anna of Byzantium | Larsdatter | |
| 24 | Antonio’s Apprenticeship: Painting a Fresco in Renaissance Italy | Larsdatter | |
| 25 | Arts and Literature of the Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 26 | Augustine Came to Kent | Larsdatter | |
| 27 | Beorn the Proud | Larsdatter | |
| 28 | Bibles and Bestiaries: A Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts for Young Readers | Larsdatter | |
| 29 | Black Horses for the King | Larsdatter | |
| 30 | Blood Red Horse | Larsdatter | |
| 31 | Boudica | Larsdatter | |
| 32 | Brian Boru: Emperor of the Irish | Larsdatter | |
| 33 | C Is for Castle: A Medieval Alphabet | Larsdatter | |
| 34 | Castle | Larsdatter | |
| 35 | Castle (Fast Forward) | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 36 | Castle Diary: Journal of Tobias Burgess | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 37 | Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page | Larsdatter | |
| 38 | Castle: Medieval Days and Knights | Larsdatter | |
| 39 | Castles | Books For Topics | |
| 40 | Castles of the World | Larsdatter | |
| 41 | Catherine, Called Birdy | Larsdatter | |
| 42 | Chanticleer and the Fox | Larsdatter | |
| 43 | Christopher Wormell | Books For Topics | |
| 44 | Clothes and Crafts in the Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 45 | Coat of Arms | Larsdatter | |
| 46 | Colin Thompson | Books For Topics | |
| 47 | Crispin: The Cross of Lead | Larsdatter | |
| 48 | Cultural Atlas for Young People: The Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 49 | D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths | Larsdatter | |
| 50 | Daughter of Venice | Larsdatter | |
| 51 | Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide | Larsdatter | |
| 52 | Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc | Larsdatter | |
| 53 | Dragons | Christopher Rawson | Goodreads |
| 54 | Dragons and Other Beasts | Kenneth Grahame | Goodreads |
| 55 | Excalibur | Read Brightly | |
| 56 | Eyewitness: Knight | Christopher Gravett | Thought Co. |
| 57 | Feast of Fools | Larsdatter | |
| 58 | Fire, Bed & Bone | Larsdatter | |
| 59 | Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus | Larsdatter | |
| 60 | Galileo’s Treasure Box | Larsdatter | |
| 61 | George and the Dragon | Books For Topics | |
| 62 | Gillian Rogerson & Sarah McIntyre | Books For Topics | |
| 63 | Granuaile: Sea Queen of Ireland | Larsdatter | |
| 64 | Great Medieval Projects You Can Build Yourself | Larsdatter | |
| 65 | Hands-On-History: Middle Ages: 20 Enchanting Art Projects and Other Creative Activities That Illuminate and Enrich Your Study of the Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 66 | How to Be a Medieval Knight | Larsdatter | |
| 67 | How Would You Survive as a Viking | Larsdatter | |
| 68 | Hush: An Irish Princess’ Tale | Larsdatter | |
| 69 | I, Juan de Pareja | Larsdatter | |
| 70 | If You Lived in the Days of the Knights | Larsdatter | |
| 71 | In Freedom’s Cause | Read Brightly | |
| 72 | In the Middle of the Middle Ages: Integrating Content Standards and the Arts | Larsdatter | |
| 73 | In the Time of Knights | Read Brightly | |
| 74 | It Happened At A Hanging | Larsdatter | |
| 75 | Joan of Arc | Larsdatter | |
| 76 | Jonny Lambert | Books For Topics | |
| 77 | Katie Daynes and David Hancock | Books For Topics | |
| 78 | Kid Beowulf | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 79 | Kids in the Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 80 | King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | Books For Topics | |
| 81 | King Arthur and the Round Table | Read Brightly | |
| 82 | King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone | Read Brightly | |
| 83 | King of Shadows | Larsdatter | |
| 84 | Knight: A Noble Guide for Young Squires | Larsdatter | |
| 85 | Knights & Castles: 50 Hands-On Activities to Experience the Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 86 | Knights & Castles: Exploring History Through Art | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 87 | Knights in Shining Armor | Larsdatter | |
| 88 | Lady of Ch’iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 | Larsdatter | |
| 89 | Lancelot | Read Brightly | |
| 90 | Leif the Lucky | Larsdatter | |
| 91 | Leonardo’s Horse | Larsdatter | |
| 92 | Living in Castle Times | Larsdatter | |
| 93 | Look out, It’s a Dragon! | Books For Topics | |
| 94 | Lou Treleaven and Maddie Frost | Books For Topics | |
| 95 | M. P. Robertson | Books For Topics | |
| 96 | Magic in the Margins: A Medieval Tale of Bookmaking | Larsdatter | |
| 97 | Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali | Larsdatter | |
| 98 | Marcia Williams | Books For Topics | |
| 99 | Medieval Knight Science: Armor, Weapons, and Siege Warfare | Larsdatter | |
| 100 | Medieval Muck | Larsdatter | |
| 101 | Medieval Projects You Can Do! | Larsdatter | |
| 102 | Michelangelo’s Surprise | Larsdatter | |
| 103 | My Guardian Angel | Larsdatter | |
| 104 | National Geographic Kids Everything Castles | Larsdatter | |
| 105 | Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey | Larsdatter | |
| 106 | Otto of the Silver Hand | Larsdatter | |
| 107 | Patience, Princess Catherine | Larsdatter | |
| 108 | Primavera | Larsdatter | |
| 109 | Princess Polly and the Pony | Susanna Davidson | Goodreads |
| 110 | Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World | Larsdatter | |
| 111 | Queen’s Own Fool: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots | Larsdatter | |
| 112 | Rapunzel | Books For Topics | |
| 113 | Red Hugh: Prince of Donegal | Larsdatter | |
| 114 | Renaissance Town | Larsdatter | |
| 115 | Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko | Books For Topics | |
| 116 | Ronda Armitage and Arthur Robins | Books For Topics | |
| 117 | Rules for a Knight | Read Brightly | |
| 118 | Sarah Gibb | Books For Topics | |
| 119 | Seawolves from the North | Larsdatter | |
| 120 | See Inside Castles | Books For Topics | |
| 121 | Shakespeare for Kids, His Life and Times: 21 Activities | Larsdatter | |
| 122 | Shylock’s Daughter | Larsdatter | |
| 123 | Small Knight and George and the Royal Chocolate Cake | Books For Topics | |
| 124 | Son of Charlemagne | Larsdatter | |
| 125 | Song for Eloise | Larsdatter | |
| 126 | Sophia, the Alchemist’s Dog | Larsdatter | |
| 127 | Spider’s Voice | Larsdatter | |
| 128 | St George and the Dragon | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 129 | Stephen Biesty’s Cross-Sections: Castle | Larsdatter | |
| 130 | Stories of Knights & Castles | Anna Milbourne | Goodreads |
| 131 | Sundiata: Lion King of Mali | Larsdatter | |
| 132 | The Apprentice | Larsdatter | |
| 133 | The Barefoot Book of Knights | John Matthews | Goodreads |
| 134 | The Beduins’ Gazelle | Larsdatter | |
| 135 | The Black Arrow | Larsdatter | |
| 136 | The Book of the Lion | Larsdatter | |
| 137 | The Book of the Medieval Knight | Stephen Turnbull | Thought Co. |
| 138 | The Boy Who Grew Dragons | Books For Topics | |
| 139 | The Castle That Jack Built | Lesley Sims | Goodreads |
| 140 | The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths | Larsdatter | |
| 141 | The Duke and the Peasant: Life in the Middle Ages | Larsdatter | |
| 142 | The Edge on the Sword | Larsdatter | |
| 143 | The Egg | Books For Topics | |
| 144 | The Falconmaster | Larsdatter | |
| 145 | The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 146 | The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day | Larsdatter | |
| 147 | The Horrible, Miserable Middle Ages: The Disgusting Details About Life During Medieval Times | Larsdatter | |
| 148 | The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane | Larsdatter | |
| 149 | The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 150 | The King’s Shadow | Larsdatter | |
| 151 | The King’s Swift Rider | Larsdatter | |
| 152 | The Kitchen Knight | Read Brightly | |
| 153 | The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur | Larsdatter | |
| 154 | The Knight at Dawn | Pragmatic Mom | |
| 155 | The Knight in History | Frances Gies | Thought Co. |
| 156 | The Knight Series | Ewart Oakeshott | Thought Co. |
| 157 | The Knight’s Handbook: How to Become a Knight in Shining Armor | Larsdatter | |
| 158 | The Little Jester | Larsdatter | |
| 159 | The Lost Baron: A Story of England in the Year 1200 | Larsdatter | |
| 160 | The Midwife’s Apprentice | Larsdatter | |
| 161 | The Minstrel’s Tale | Larsdatter | |
| 162 | The Paper Bag Princess | Books For Topics | |
| 163 | The Pirate Meets the Queen | Larsdatter | |
| 164 | The Real Vikings: Craftsmen, Traders, and Fearsome Raiders | Larsdatter | |
| 165 | The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165 | Larsdatter | |
| 166 | The Samurai and the Long Nose Devils | Larsdatter | |
| 167 | The Samurai’s Tale | Larsdatter | |
| 168 | The Shakespeare Stealer Series | Larsdatter | |
| 169 | The Shining Company | Larsdatter | |
| 170 | The Sign of the Chrysanthemum | Larsdatter | |
| 171 | The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History | Larsdatter | |
| 172 | The Snowflake Mistake | Books For Topics | |
| 173 | The Squire and the Scroll | Read Brightly | |
| 174 | The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child (Volume 2: The Middle Ages From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance) | Larsdatter | |
| 175 | The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century | Larsdatter | |
| 176 | The Trumpeter of Krakow | Larsdatter | |
| 177 | The Viking at Drumshee | Larsdatter | |
| 178 | The Vikings | Larsdatter | |
| 179 | The White Company | Larsdatter | |
| 180 | The White Knights | Read Brightly | |
| 181 | The White Stag | Larsdatter | |
| 182 | The Winter Hare | Larsdatter | |
| 183 | The World of the Medieval Knight | Larsdatter | |
| 184 | There Will Be Wolves | Larsdatter | |
| 185 | Tibaldo and the Hole in the Calendar | Larsdatter | |
| 186 | Tomie de Paola | Books For Topics | |
| 187 | Torch in the Darkness: The Tale of a Boy Artist in the Renaissance | Larsdatter | |
| 188 | Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 | Larsdatter | |
| 189 | Tudor and Stuart Life | Larsdatter | |
| 190 | Under Drake’s Flag | Read Brightly | |
| 191 | Viking Invader | Larsdatter | |
| 192 | Viking Warrior | Larsdatter | |
| 193 | Vikings | Larsdatter | |
| 194 | Women in Medieval Times | Larsdatter | |
| 195 | You Can’t Eat a Princess! | Books For Topics | |
| 196 | You Wouldn’t Want To Be a Viking Explorer | Larsdatter | |
| 197 | You Wouldn’t Want to Live in a Medieval Castle!: A Home You’d Rather Not Inhabit | Jacqueline Morley | Goodreads |
| 198 | Young Joan | Larsdatter | |
| 199 | Young Lancelot | Read Brightly |
| Source | Article |
| Books For Topics | Book Lists for Topics: Castles, Dragons, Princesses & Knights |
| Goodreads | Popular Kids Knights Medieval Times Books |
| Larsdatter | Children’s Books on the Middle Ages and Renaissance |
| Pragmatic Mom | 12 Exciting Medieval Times Books for Kids |
| Read Brightly | Knights in Training: Books About Adventure, Chivalry, and Courage for … |
| Thought Co. | Top Picks in Books About Medieval Knights |
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