Best book of Arthurian legends

[sphil]

DS1 is gripped by Merlin on TV and wants to read some stories of when Arthur was king. Any ideas which book would be best? He is 7, with a reading age of 9+, but it wouldn't matter if they were a bit harder than this, as I'd quite like to read them to him. Loads on Amazon but I'd like a personal recommendation if poss!

Good idea sphil - my ds's would like this as well.

This one is a classic, wouldn't have thought you could go wrong with it.

Myself, I love The Once & Future King, but the Sword in the Stone doesn't meet your DS's request for stories about when he was king, and I would have thought the others were too old for a 7 yr old.

"The Orchard Book of the Legends of King Arthur" by Andrew Matthews and Peter Utton was a big hit with my then 9-year-old.

My DS1 is another knights, castles and Arthur fiend, and I saw this in Waterstones last week. It looks good and I shall probably be buying it for Christmas.

We found The Sword and Stone really heavy going. We read it together as a bedtime story and even DH and I struggled with some of the language. DS was 7 also with a reading age of 9+.