Contains three story paths which allow the reader to explore what life was like during the Middle Ages, and follows a twelfth-century knight into battle, a lady-in-waiting's child living in a castle, and a Florentine fearing the Black Death. Includes a time line and list of additional resources.
Horace receives an impossible homework assignment at King Arthur's School for Trainee Knights that requires him to kill a dragon; however, he is reluctant to do that because his father is one.
Describes aspects of everyday life in England around the year 1250, covering knights, castles, clothing, furniture, hygiene, education, celebrations, and other topics.
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.
After losing his beloved donkey to a ravenous wolf, a poor man is roused to such sorrow and anger that he challenges the beast to take the place of the donkey and pull the cart that is his livelihood.
When a group of knights decide to use his father's farm for their spring training, Harald and his family must take desperate measures to get the troublesome knights off their land.
The contrasting aspects of the medieval world--from everyday life to art, war, and religious belief--are revealed through illustrations, text, and in see-through cutaways of a watermill, a castle, an abbey, and a street scene.
When Harald, who lives in England during the Middle Ages, hears that the Baron and his royal guests are planning to hunt the legendary Great Stag, he devises a clever scheme to protect the animal.
