castles

Presents ten surprising facts about castles.

Describes different kinds of castles, their purposes, how they were built, and what it was like to live in a castle, looking particularly at the roles played by women and children.

Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.

On their latest field trip, Fly Guy and Buzz learn all about castles: from drawbridges and dungeons to kings, queens, and knights!.

Illustrates man's struggle against bureaucracy through the story of K, a land-surveyor who is obsessed with reaching the castle.

Princess Celie loves Tuesdays at Castle Glower, because every Tuesday the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes a whole new wing, and Celie likes to map the changes to the castle, but when her parents, King and Queen Glower are taken captive, it falls to Celie and her knowledge of the castle to defend their home and save the kingdom.

The story of an abandoned castle called Castle Waiting, which was left empty after Sleeping Beauty rode off with her Prince Charming, and the eccentric cast of misfits who inhabit it, each for their own reason.

The arrival of Bob the Builder's dad complicates the team's attempts to fix an old castle.

Castles are perhaps the greatest symbol of the Middle Ages. But what was life like inside these mighty fortresses? This book examines the rise of castles as the center of noble life and provides information on the men, women, and children who lived within the castle walls.

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