Knights

by Rachel Wright, Hazel Poole (Editor), Ed Dovey (Illustrator)

Introduces the characteristics and behavior of medieval knights through a variety of crafts.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 1992

About the author

Rachel Wright grew up in Bermuda, England, the Seychelles, and Fiji. She used to be an actress (after gaining a degree in drama in 1982, she worked as an actress for BBC Radio and various theatre companies, including one she co-founded with a friend) but now she writes full-time. (In 1989 I produced my first children’s non-fiction book and it’s been pretty non-stop since.) Her works include You've Got Blackmail and more than 40 children’s non-fiction books.

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our oldest loves the non-fiction arts and crafts section of her elementary school library. She is always bringing home a drawing book or one about making various crafts. This is an interesting book about knights. She wasn't interested in hearing me read about the knights (darn!), but she liked the pictures and loved the explanation about how to make a cardboard castle. I enjoyed the narrative, and found yet another fascinating coincidence in my reading selections, as I had just finished Murder at the War: A Modern-Day Mystery With a Medieval Setting by Mary Monica Pulver and this book gave me some much-needed background information about knights, including what armor they wore, what weapons they used, and how they became knights. I knew some of this, but this book offers a concise refresher as well as information I'd never known. Overall, it's an educational book with a few neat crafts too.