Knights, Horses, Action!

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