title: King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone (Read-It! Readers: Legends)
author:  Cari Meister 
description: As in all Arthurian legends, there exist the folklore, magic, romance and challenges between good and evil. This story is the introduction and the birth of the man who would become King Arthur. On a stormy night, Merlin the magician appears at the castle --Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
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  Something
  
  
  about a Sword and a Stone?
  
  
  Arthur
  
  
  Dies at the End, volume 1
  
  
  by
  
  
  Jeffrey Wikstrom
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Table
  
  
  of Contents**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction:
  
  
  Who Is This Malory Person Anyway?
  
  
  
  
  
  [BOOK I: THE
  
  
  OBLIGATORY ORIGIN STORY
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Arthur is conceived
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Arthur is born and his father dies
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Arthur pulls a sword out of something
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Arthur has some trouble making friends
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Arthur fights an incredibly bloody war
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Merlin is a jerk, and Arthur retrenches
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Arthur has a terrible day
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which
  
  
  Arthur reenacts the Massacre of the Innocents
  
  
  
  
  
  [BOOK II: SIR
  
  
  BALIN, LADY KILLER
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which we
  
  
  meet the Idiot Knight
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which Sir
  
  
  Balin gets back in Arthur's good books
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which Sir
  
  
  Balin strikes the DOLOROUS STROKE
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which Sir
  
  
  Balin gets discouraged
  
  
  
  
  
  [In which Sir
  
  
  Balin dies
  
  
  
  
  
  [BOOK