Category: Castles

Knights, Horses, Action!

2/21/2015

This is Part 2 in a series of posts recommending titles covering everything medieval (castles, kings, queens, princes, princesses, knights, and wizards). If you missed Part 1 about castles, click here.

Sticker Dressing Knights

A colorful sticker book with 13 medieval scenes and over 200 stickers to dress the knights in armour or jousting gear and arm them with shields, swords and lances. Scenes include the Crusades, Arab warriors, a castle siege, knights in training and a fantastic feast. Written with the help of experts, every detail is historically accurate with fascinating facts about weapons, armour and the life of a knight in medieval times.For a sneek peak at the inside, click here.

Age: 5 years and up
Size: 9 3/8 x 12
Pages: 24 + 10 stick
Price: $8.99

Illustrated Stories for Boys

Want to sail the high seas? Or battle dragons to the death? Dive into this collection of thrilling stores and choose your adventure. Pirates, monsters, robots, knights and ghosts are all waiting to excite you – or send shivers down your spine. As well as funny, scary and action-packed original tales.

Age: 7 years and up
Size: 6 1/4 x 7 7/8
Pages: 352
Price: $19.99 Hardbound

Living Long Ago

This book looks at the fascinating details of everyday life in the past. Find out, for example, what a Roman kitchen looked like, how Ancient Egyptians took showers, how a knight put his armor on and who used wheelbarrows with sails. Clear, simple text and bright, detailed illustrations make this book both informative and fun. Sections of this book include Clothes & Fashion, Homes & Houses, Food & Eating, and Travel & Transport.

Age: 7 - 9
Size: 7 5/8 x 8
Pages: 96
Price: $12.99

Medieval World - IL

From the big battles to kings and warriors, from peasants to palaces, this lavishly illustrated book is crammed with essential information about the medieval world. Follow the Crusades to the Holy Land, explore China with Marco Polo and visit a Mayan ball game. Find out how a knight trained for battle, who invented fireworks and who the Vandals were.

Age: 8 years and up
Size: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8
Pages: 96
Price: $14.99

Time Traveler

Discover what life was really like in this action-packed adventure through history. Visit a castle during the Crusades, meet a ferocious band of Viking raiders, explore Rome when the Roman empire was at its height and take a trip down the Nile at a time when pharaohs ruled Egypt. Informative and amusing, this fully illustrated book contains four updated Usborne classics: Knights & Castles, Viking Raiders, Rome & Romans, Pharaohs & Pyramids.

Age: 8 - 11
Size: 8 5/8 x 10 3/4
Pages: 130
Price: $22.99 Hardbound

Tales of King Arthur

These legendary tales of knights and nobility in ancient Britain, rivetingly retold for today’s readers, remain as fresh and exciting as the day they were first written. From the sword in the stone to the lady in the lake, these stories bring to life the fantastic characters of Camelot: the wise wizard Merlin, the gallant Sir Lancelot, the wicked Morgan le Fay, and the beautiful Queen Guinevere.

Age: 10 years and up
Size: 5 1/8 x 7 3/4
Pages: 144
AR Level/Points: 6.3/4.0
Price: $4.99

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! All ye Kings and Queens, Knights and Nobles!

2/19/2015

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Since Usborne Publishing is the biggest and most successful independent children’s book publisher in the UK, it makes sense that we would carry a TON of titles about castles, kings, queens, knights, princes, princesses, and wizards. Today's post is dedicated to our wide variety of castle-based books that your children will LOVE. We have noisy books, flap books, sticker books, and even a slot-together 3D castle kit that is a great birthday gift & activity to do with your child.

Noisy Castle

It’s a noisy old life in a castle! Children can discover what it was like to live in a castle with this introduction to life in the Middle Ages, with buttons to press to play sound effects to match the story. Galloping horses, clashing swords, strumming minstrels… it’s a noisy old life in a castle! Each page of the story has a different sounds to play, like a herald’s trumpet, a knight dressing for battle and a vicious jousting tournament. Little hands won’t be able to resist pressing the colorful buttons to make the sounds that bring the castle to life. Click here for a sneak peek of the inside.

Age: 3 years and up
Size: 11 3/4 x 10 7/8
Pages: 10
Price: $19.99 (Board Book)

My Very First Castle Book

This delightful book is full of scenes of medieval castle life, from delicious feasts to life under siege. Each page covers a different element of castle life, from different rooms like the dungeon and the guard room to castle animals such as horses and falcons. Children can learn how a squire became a knight and how to defend a castle under attack, and special pages show how castles were built and how they have changed over time. With lots to spot and talk about, this is a fun and entertaining way to introduce little children to a fascinating new subject. Click here for a sneak peek of the inside.

Age: 3 years and up
Size: 8 3/4 x 10 1/8
Pages: 30
Price: $11.99 (Board Book)

Look Inside a Castle

Lift the flaps to explore behind the scenes of a bustling medieval castle as Lord Robert and Lady Margaret hold a feast, watch a tournament and fight off fearsome enemies. Amid the hustle and bustle in the colourful illustrations, find flaps beneath flaps and many more surprises to keep enquiring minds entertained. Young readers can meet lords, ladies, knights and squires and find out how they live, work, fight and relax in their magnificent castle home. Click here for a sneak peek of the inside.

Age: 3 years and up
Size: 7 1/2 x 8 1/2
Pages:14
Price: $14.99 (Board Book)

First Sticker Book Castles

Discover the world of medieval castles in this fun book. Eight busy castle scenes to fill with over 150 stickers of jolly knights. Scenes include a castle siege, a feast, a joust and a castle picture to complete. Simple facts on each page help bring the world of medieval castles to life.

Age: 4 years and up
Size: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8
Pages: 16 + 8 sticker
Price: $6.99

Build a Picture Castles Sticker Book

An engaging sticker book which allows children to create their own colorful castle pictures. Children love adding the stickers to each scene to create a medieval stone castle with gatehouse, portcullis and drawbridge, a fairytale castle, a creepy castle with giant bats, a castle under attack and a fortress by the sea, as well as building their own castle. With over 100 stickers of towers, turrets, fairytale princesses, brave knights, seige towers and more. Click here for a sneak peek inside.

Age: 4 years and up
Size: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8
Pages: 16 + 8 sticker
Price: $6.99

Castles - Level 1 IR

Who lived in a castle and what was it like? In this book you’ll find the answers and lots more about the wonderful world of castles. Castles is an exciting series of books for children who are beginning to read on their own. Vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs on every page, accompanied by short, informative text. Carefully selected Internet links to exciting websites to find out more. The easy-to-read text has been specially written with the help of a reading expert. Great reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction. Click here for a sneak peek inside.

Age: 5 years and up
Size: 6 1/8 x 8 3/8
Pages: 32
Price: $4.99 (Hardbound)

Slot Together Castle

Build your own model castle with this kit containing 90 sturdy, press-out foam board pieces that slot together to create a medieval castle complete with siege towers, a drawbridge and a trebuchet. Includes two model armies, and a 40-page book that shows you how to assemble your castle, describes life in a castle, and suggests ideas for games and battles. Presented in an attractive book-shaped box that can be used to store pieces when not in use. An amazing gift that will inspire hours of creative play. Finished model is 16" x 16" x 8".

Click here to see a video of the castle being built.
Click here for a sneak peek inside the book.

Age: 6 years and up
Size: 9 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 2 7/8
Pages: 90 press-out pieces and 40 page book
Price: $41.99

Stories of Fairytale Castles

In the world of fairytale castles, anything can happen. There's an invisible castle with guests turned to stone. A handsome prince who needs help from a castle ghost. And a contest to see who can build the most amazing castle of all. This book is part of our young reader series and has three original stories for children just beginning to learn how to read.

Age: 7 years and up
Size: 5 3/8 x 8
Pages: 48
Price: $6.99 (Hardbound)

Castles - IL

Have you ever wondered what castles were really for? or what it was like to live inside one? In this fascination guide to castles, you'll discover why and when castles were built, who lived in castles, what they ate, where they slept and what they did for fun. You can even learn tactics for capturing or defending a castle and see a siege in action. Fabulously illustrated with photographs, computer reconstructions, detailed illustrations and cut-away scenes, this book takes you inside the world of castles as never before. Includes a castle glossary, a timeline, and maps of castles around the world. Click on internet links via the Usborne Quicklinks Website to access recommended websites with virtual castle tours, games and activities.

Age: 9 years and up
Size: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8
Pages: 96
Price: $14.95

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