Overview
Take a tour of a medieval castle. Every part of the castle has a function. Walls keep the enemy out. Towers protect the lord and the soldiers. From the moat and portcullis to the great hall and dungeon, see how a castle works as an enemy army tries to storm the walls. Castle: How It Works is a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2012
Full Product Details
Author: David Macaulay ,
Sheila Keenan
Publisher: Square Fish
Imprint: Square Fish
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 0.50cm
, Length: 25.90cm
Weight: 0.113kg
ISBN: 9781626722095
ISBN 10: 1626722099
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 14 April 2015
Recommended Age: From 6 to 9 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Clearly labeled diagrams; a detailed, complete, and informative glossary; and the use of full-color spreads to bring the buildings and their inhabitants or parishioners to like make these excellent additions. -- School Library Journal No mere colorization of the black-and-white originals of the first two books [ Castle and Cathedral ](thank goodness!), the all-new, often breathtaking images have been drawn by hand and then digitally colored. -- Kirkus, starred review
What David Macaulay can draw -- churches, cities, pyramids -- he does better than any pen-and-ink illustrator in the world. Castle once again goes through a brick-by-brick assembly, employing cross-hatches and thin black lines to evoke a medieval place and period. Time Magazine .. .great fuel for the imagination. --Kirkus, starred Engrossing...scoop this one up. --BCCB, starred Both books revisit subjects covered in earlier books (Castle, rev. 10/77; and The New Way Things Work, rev. 3/89, 3/99), but these topics are here presented with the needs of developing readers in mind. --The Horn Book great fuel for the imagination. Kirkus, starred Engrossing...scoop this one up. BCCB, starred Both books revisit subjects covered in earlier books ( Castle, rev. 10/77; and The New Way Things Work, rev. 3/89, 3/99), but these topics are here presented with the needs of developing readers in mind. The Horn Book Clearly labeled diagrams; a detailed, complete, and informative glossary; and the use of full-color spreads to bring the buildings and their inhabitants or parishioners to like make these excellent additions. -- School Library Journal No mere colorization of the black-and-white originals of the first two books [ Castle and Cathedral ](thank goodness!), the all-new, often breathtaking images have been drawn by hand and then digitally colored. -- Kirkus, starred review * No mere colorization of the black-and-white originals of the first two books [ Castle and Cathedral ](thank goodness!), the all-new, often breathtaking images have been drawn by hand and then digitally colored. -- Kirkus, starred review . ..great fuel for the imagination. -- Kirkus , starred Engrossing...scoop this one up. -- BCCB , starred
Author Information
David Macaulay is the author and illustrator of more than twenty-five books including Cathedral, Pyramid, and Castle. His ground-breaking The Way Things Work has become a modern classic. He won the Caldecott Medal for Black and White. He lives in Vermont.
