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Books in the Epic genre:

Robin Hood and His Merry Outlaws (1946)

Robin Hood and his merry men make life difficult for the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. Walker McSpadden
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Song of Robin Hood (1947)

Eighteen of the original ballads of Robin Hood are illustrated here. Most of them also have accompanying music. Read online at archive.org. ... View More
Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1948

The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)

As war clouds gather over Middle-Earth, hobbits, elves, men and a wizard gather to plan their response.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Walter Lorraine

The Horse and His Boy (1954)

Bree, a talking horse from Narnia, joins up with Shasta, a young slave in Calormen, to escape to Narnia. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Two Towers (1954)

The members of the Fellowship of the Ring are scattered as the forces of Mordor and Isengard put forth their power.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Walter Lorraine

The Return of the King (1955)

In the final book of the Lord of the Rings, Bilbo reaches Mount Doom and the armies of the West confront Sauron.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Walter Lorraine

The Bird of Dawning (1956)

The adventures of the 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.

This is the fourth English edition.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): A. R. Thomson, R.A.

The Black Fox of Lorne (1956)

Tenth-century Viking twins are shipwrecked on the Scottish coast and seek to avenge the death of their father.

Author(s): Marguerite de Angeli
Illustrator(s): Marguerite de Angeli

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1957

The Last Battle (1956)

Tirian, the last king of Narnia summons Jill and Eustace to his aid when his kingdom is overrun by the Calormenes. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1956

The Song of Roland (1961)

The great French romance, here in a verse translation.

Author(s): Hilda Cummings Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Lord of the Rings (1963)

This was a deluxe edition issued in a publisher’s slipcase with a tryptych illlustration by Pauline Baynes.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton (1966)

This collection includes The Ballad of the White Horse as well as the shorter poems.

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): None

The Lord of the Rings (1968)

This was the first one-volume paperback edition.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Noah’s Ark (1977)

Peter Spier tells the story in pictures of Noah, the Ark and the Flood.

Author(s): Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1978

The Silmarillion (1977)

In this prequel to The Lord of the Rings, we learn more about Middle Earth, elves and Sauron.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): J. R. R. Tolkien

Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth (1980)

A collection of material about J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of Middle-Earth.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): None

The Hobbit (1981)

Having been retained as a burglar by a group of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins sets out one fine spring day for the Lonely Mountain.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1981)

Evacuated from London during the Blitz, the four Pevensie children discover a new world in the wardrobe in the spare room - Narnia.

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Creation (1983)

In the beginning God made heaven and earth. An illustrated telling of the first seven days.

Author(s): Peter Seymour
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Mouldy (1983)

When the mouldy invades the great garden of the world, the Princess Talitha sets out to defeat him, but the hedgehog wins him. Read online at archive.org.  ... View More

Author(s): William Mayne
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

The Book of Lost Tales Part 1 (1984)

Materials used by J.R.R. Tolkien for his history of Middle-Earth.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): None

Paul Bunyan (1984)

The story of Paul Bunyan and his great blue ox, Babe, is one of the classic American folk tales. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Pecos Bill (1986)

Pecos Bill is the epic hero of the settling of the southwest.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Tolkien’s World (1992)

A group of artists contribute paintings that illustrate passages from J. R. R. Tolkien’s works.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague
Various

Morgoth’s Ring (1993)

In this tenth volume, Christopher Tolkien presents more of J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): None

The Two Towers (1999)

In volume two of The Lord of the Rings, the fellowship is sundered. Frodo, Sam and Gollum to Mordor, Merry and Pippin to Isengard and Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli to Rohan.... View More

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Last Battle (2007)

Tirian, the last king of Narnia summons Jill and Eustace to his aid when his kingdom is overrun by the Calormenes. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
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