castles

Describes the successful planning and implementation of laying siege to a castle, discussing soldiers and their weapons, castle defenses, undermining a tower, and other related topics.

Describes medieval times and the uses of castles, how they were built, and who lived in them.

Describes aspects of everyday life in England around the year 1250, covering knights, castles, clothing, furniture, hygiene, education, celebrations, and other topics.

A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest.

When a boy moves with his family to a bigger castle, he finds that some things about life in the new place are different, some things are the same, and he gets more comfortable the longer he is there.

Twelve-year-old William uses the magic token to return, through the toy castle in his attic, to the medieval land of Sir Simon, which is now menaced by a skeleton ship bearing a plague of ravenous rats.

An introduction to castles, describing how and why they were built and how they were attacked and defended.

A simple history of Norman castles describing their origins, how they were built, the defense of the castles, and daily life within the castle walls.

In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night.