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Days of the Knights: A Tale of Castles and Battles
Slashing swords, shining armor, knights locked in deadly battle—the mighty castle is under siege!
Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.
With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!
Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.
With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!
48 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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August 14, 2017
I've been writing my own story set in the Middle Ages, so I picked up some nonfiction books about castles and knights at the library to do a little research. And you know, see if I could learn something new. I've Read a lot of articles on Robin Hood online and read a ton of fiction. But I thought some books would be Fun.
I only picked out ones from the juvenile section though. Because, who cares if I'm 21 and some people think I should only read "adult" books? Middle grade educational books are the best. :) lots of pictures and fair simple vocabulary that makes the information very graspable to most anyone reading it.
I loved the artwork mixed in with the photos of artifacts. That was cool. :)
I also loved that there was a fictional story mixed in with the facts to spice up the book. Adding a story definitely helps hold younger readers attention.
I did notice a few errors though. Like saying that they poured oil on invaders. -_- that's actually highly romanticized. Most people couldn't have afforded to throw oil out the window. Mostly, it would have been boiling water, or sometimes hot sand.
Also, there was a picture of a trebuchet. But they called it a catapult. They are similar. But work slightly differently. Get your facts right, nonfiction book!
Other then that, it was pretty good. :) entertaining and educational. I'd definitely recommend this to teachers or parents who have kids in older elementary school and early middle school looking to learn about castles and Knights.
I only picked out ones from the juvenile section though. Because, who cares if I'm 21 and some people think I should only read "adult" books? Middle grade educational books are the best. :) lots of pictures and fair simple vocabulary that makes the information very graspable to most anyone reading it.
I loved the artwork mixed in with the photos of artifacts. That was cool. :)
I also loved that there was a fictional story mixed in with the facts to spice up the book. Adding a story definitely helps hold younger readers attention.
I did notice a few errors though. Like saying that they poured oil on invaders. -_- that's actually highly romanticized. Most people couldn't have afforded to throw oil out the window. Mostly, it would have been boiling water, or sometimes hot sand.
Also, there was a picture of a trebuchet. But they called it a catapult. They are similar. But work slightly differently. Get your facts right, nonfiction book!
Other then that, it was pretty good. :) entertaining and educational. I'd definitely recommend this to teachers or parents who have kids in older elementary school and early middle school looking to learn about castles and Knights.
December 14, 2010
Simple story, complex words. I got this book because I liked the illustrations and didn't think of getting much off the story, but being a ESL person I ended up learning a few words I'd never heard before (such as moat, scaffolding and mummers), which is always nice.
December 3, 2022
Read this aloud to add to our knights and castles study for homeschool. It got the job done, but didn't have beautiful language or a great story line. It was trying too hard to slip in as many facts as possible. Not really a living book. imo.
October 18, 2017
It was amazing i loved it. It is fiction but still the book was amazing.
October 30, 2017
It was a good book but it was slacking colity
May 16, 2020
I didn’t mean to select this book. At least it was short.
February 24, 2015
Terrific. It's got a fictional storyline that it uses to explain the ins and outs of knighthood including details about weaponry and architecture and politics. If there's any tricky vocabulary ("mace" or "peddler" or the like), usually that word will have a little footnotey thing explaining what it means. Usually a small illustration of the item, too. Loved this book a lot.
October 17, 2009
We had to get some medieval books to read after visiting the Renaissance Faire! This had some interesting tidbits of info. I've never been a huge fan of the DK style of putting pictures and short info and labels, but my boys like it.
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