Castle (Fast Forward Books)

Dennis, Peter; Harris, Nicholas; Dennis, Peter [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0764153099 / ISBN 13: 9780764153099

Published by Barrons Juveniles, 2001

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 0764153099-3-21942169

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Castle (Fast Forward Books)
• Publisher: Barrons Juveniles
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764153099
• ISBN 13: 9780764153099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Dennis, Peter
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 18 ounces

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Synopsis

Provides a look at the changes to a site in Europe that begins as a farming camp and evolves over thousands of years into a huge castle that is destroyed and rebuilt several times.

Reviews

Grade 3-5-Vividly illustrated interactive books. In both, 12 spreads feature a large, labeled illustration and two or three paragraphs of text. The spreads are tabbed with a notation such as "Two hours later" or "200 years later." In Shipwreck, readers can choose to jump from the opening scene in the 1630s (the building of a galleon) to a year later (pirates approach the sailing vessel) or to the 1830s (the remains of the ship have become part of a coral reef at the bottom of the ocean), among other dates and times. Castle covers a much broader period, from 600 B.C.E. to today. Readers will enjoy the details of the many illustrations including the one of a wild banquet in the 13th century. One weakness of these books is that after changing scenes, readers are not reminded of what historic period they have turned to. Also, occasionally more explanation would help (for example, the purpose of sweet-scented herbs on the floor of the castle's banquet hall). These books don't tell the whole story but they will whet youngsters' appetites for more on the subjects.
Edith Ching, St. Albans School, Mt. St. Alban, Washington, DC
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