Subjects:  1. Ancient - General    2. Children's 12-Up - Pop Arts    3. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. History - Medieval    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Phoenicians   

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A fresh start!
This small paperback has a surprising amount of information. There are "vile" scratch and sniff areas (and some pleasant ones as well) in this book, but they also serve to show that the "Vikings" are not as vile as everyone else makes them out to be- they also made important contributions to history and civilization as we know it.It's a wonderful book to introduce young (or old) readers to Norse culture. You will find it an (almost entirely) accurate account which will encourage you to learn more. I also recommend the treasure chest "The Vikings" by Fiona MacDonald as a companion to this book. Both were definitely worth the money I paid for them, and will become part of my private research collection. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - General    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. History    4. History - Ancient    5. History - Medieval    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Scented books    9. Specimens    10. Vikings    11. European history: c 500 to c 1500    12. For National Curriculum Key Stage 2    13. History, Other    14. Northern Europe, Scandinavia    15. World history: c 500 CE to c 1500   

Subjects:  1. Amusements    2. Children    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Games    6. Games & Activities - General    7. History    8. History - Medieval    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Social life and customs    12. To 1500    13. British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500    14. British Isles    15. Social history   

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Great
This book was a delight to read and the color pictures Yuck!!
This Book is soooo Lame. I can't believe someone even bothered to publish it. It's ten times worse than the movie, and the movie's pretty bad. It's like they took every stupid idea that had too do with Ella Enchanted and put it in this book. Reading it was just a major waste of my time.

Perfect companion to the movie,
My daughter and I enjoyed "Ella Enchanted" starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy so we knew we just had to get this book when it came out.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Ella enchanted (Motion picture    4. Ella enchanted (Motion picture)    5. History - General    6. History - Medieval    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Miscellanea    9. Performing Arts - Film    10. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

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Great Historical Reference
The "Atlas of Past Times" found a permanent place on my coffee table. This book is absolutely loaded with illustrative maps, photos, and text. John Haywood has done to the pictorial record of world history what Kenneth C. Davis did for American history in his "Don't Know Much About History."Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Historical geography    4. History - Medieval    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Reference - Atlases    8. World history    9. History, World | Medieval    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Medieval   

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - Coloring Books    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. History - Medieval    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500    7. British Isles    8. Castles & historic buildings    9. Colouring & painting    10. Europe    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books    12. c 1000 CE to c 1500   

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - Coloring Books    2. Activity Books - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. History - Medieval    6. Juvenile Nonfiction   

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A Good Overview
I have been fascinated with castles since visiting Edinburgh Castle in Scotland a few years ago. Thie book is an excellent resource for someone who wants an overview of the history of this kind of structure. I was surprised that it is a YA book--I think it is good for all ages...and if, in fact, it was intended for children, the black and white drawings and photos were not very exciting. Great start for learning about the History of castles!!!
This is a great start for someone who wants to learn about castles without getting bogged down in some esoteric, dry book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Castles    3. Children's 9-12 - History - General    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Civilization, Medieval    6. History - Medieval    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Medieval civilization    10. Castles & historic buildings    11. Europe    12. World history: c 500 CE to c 1500    13. c 1000 CE to c 1500    14. c 500 CE to c 1000 CE   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. History - Medieval    4. History - Other    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Miscellanea    8. Northmen    9. Social life and customs    10. Vikings   

Subjects:  1. Castles    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. History    5. History - Medieval    6. Juvenile literature    7. Knights and knighthood    8. Middle Ages    9. Miscellanea   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    2. Civilization, Medieval    3. Encyclopedias    4. History    5. History - Medieval    6. History: World    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Medieval    9. Medieval civilization    10. Middle Ages    11. Reference    12. Reference - Encyclopedias    13. Reference works    14. World history: c 500 to C 1500    15. c 1000 CE to c 1500    16. c 500 CE to c 1000 CE   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Civilization    4. Description and travel    5. Family - General    6. Guidebooks    7. History - Medieval    8. Istanbul (Turkey)    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. European history: c 1000 to c 1500    12. Social history    13. Travel & holiday    14. Turkey    15. c 1000 CE to c 1500   

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Hilarious and educational at the same time
My mom gave this to me for Christmas because I have been a member of various medieval re-creation groups over the last 18 years. Today I took it with me to our group's combat tournament to share with some of the knights there. The cover has a subtitle "Be a knight overnight." So I told them, "See! It's just THAT EASY!" Many of them have spent years working their way through the training and point-earning system to acheive knighthood. Geez, if only they'd had an overnight handbook.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Civilization, Medieval    4. History - Medieval    5. Juvenile General And Reference Works    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Knights and knighthood    9. Reference - General   

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. History - Medieval    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Colouring & painting    7. Drawing & drawings    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books    9. Stained glass   

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. History - General History    3. History - Medieval    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. History    6. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Medieval   

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too dry
This book was terrible. the only reason I give it one star is because Joan d'Arc's story is one i like. this author portrays it very drily and i felt like i was reading out of my history book! i think the author could havemade the book more interesting with more details and descriptions.

It was great.
I thought it was a great book.It showed that if you beleive enough in your cause you can do anything. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1412-1431    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    4. Biography & Autobiography - Religious    5. Children's 9-12    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Christian women saints    9. France    10. History - Other    11. Hundred Years§ War, 1339-1453    12. Joan,    13. Juvenile Nonfiction    14. Juvenile literature    15. Saints    16. of Arc, Saint,    17. Fiction    18. Humanities    19. Joan    20. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Medieval   

Subjects:  1. Artisans    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Europe    5. General    6. Guilds    7. History    8. History - Medieval    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Middle Ages   

Subjects:  1. Castles    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Civilization, Medieval    5. Fiction    6. History - Medieval    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Knights and knighthood    9. Preschool Informational Books    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Europe    4. General    5. Handicraft    6. History    7. History - Medieval    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Manors    11. Middle Ages    12. To 1500   

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 2-3    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. History - General History    4. History - Medieval    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. World - General    8. World history    9. Europe    10. European history: c 500 to c 1500    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Medieval