castles

Charlie and his magically gifted friends and relatives work together to rescue Billy Raven, a young orphan, from a mysterious and dangerous couple who have adopted him.

Tells how castles were built and takes the reader on a tour of a castle.

Text and illustrations trace the history and explain structure and uses of castles.

The Totally Moldy Baroness has possessed the owner of the Gloomsburg Castle and infected her with a killer case of hiccups.

Captioned illustrations and diagrams describe knights and castles in Europe in the year 1240.

Explores the medieval world of castles looking at their history, how they were built, and what life was like inside them.

Presents a look a medieval knights and castles, explaining boys became knights, how they conducted battles, and the weapons and armor they used, and examining the characteristics of early castles and their purpose in war.

When Ms. Frizzle and her student Arnold follow an underground passage beneath Craig's Castle Shop and find themselves in the middle of a siege of a 12th century English castle, they learn a great deal about both castles and the Middle Ages.

Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic tree house to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.

Discusses the purpose, design, construction, and defense of medieval castles and describes the life of the inhabitants.