Usborne 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.
Year 1: Building
Houses
Investigate the materials used to build your
home. Design and build your own house made from sticks, blocks, paper and even food! With six
different activities to choose from this is a great topic for children.
Year 2: Castles
Dive into the history of castles by
designing and building one, create castle characters and discover the timeline of castles.
Delve
into illuminating letters, heraldry design and cooking in castles.
- Publisher: Usborne
- Format: Paperback
- Print length: 14 pages
- Dimensions: 214.7 x 198.2mm
- Reading age: 6 -8 years old
- Publication date: September 2013
- ISBN: 9781409566175
Conrad Mason
Conrad grew up in Oxford, and studied Classics at Cambridge. After graduating he became an
editor at Usborne, and
now he edits children's fiction for Working Partners. His Tales of Fayt children's series and
award-winning middle grade
novel, The Girl in Wooden Armour, are all published by David Fickling Books. He likes to read,
run, and play the
mandolin. Conrad now lives in the Chilterns with his wife and children.
