Castles (Topic Books) - Softcover

MacDonald, Fiona

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0531154475 ISBN 13: 9780531154472

Publisher: Franklin Watts, 2000

Synopsis

Provides information about castles from all over the world, their stylistic differences and functions, and profiles the lives of typical inhabitants of medieval European castles.

About this title

About the Author:

Fiona Macdonald is and established children's non-fiction writer. She has written previous non-fiction titles for Franklin Watts such as Life in Britain and Yesterday and Today. Fiona has worked in both the teaching and publishing professions, which gives her work authority and grounding. Fiona lives in Scotland.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-5-Two entries in a series that takes a multidisciplinary approach to popular topics. Each short book includes history, art, crafts projects, a recipe, and a list of important words to locate in the text. While examples are given from around the world and across time, Castles focuses primarily on medieval matters and Pyramids on ancient Egypt. The colorful and dynamic page layouts, featuring abundant photographs and drawings, are likely to appeal to young explorers. However, readers will be disappointed to find that several of the generic elements promised on the front and back covers are missing. For example, there are no science experiments in Castles nor is there any mention of music in Pyramids. Boring math puzzles, tenuous justifications for the inclusion of specific crafts, and science projects that don't explain their basis or significance in Pyramids are further concerns. Stick with Avery Hart and Paul Mantell's Pyramids! (1997) and Knights & Castles (1998, both Williamson).
Andrew Medlar, Chicago Public Library, IL
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0531154475
• ISBN 13: 9780531154472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32