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"Not many, if any, children's books on the Middle Ages and castles contain the wealth of information found in this fresh, appealing offering."
作者简介RICHARD PLATT is an avid fan of castles and the author of many innovative and best-selling books for children, including CROSS SECTIONS: CASTLE, illustrated by Stephen Biesty.
Chris Riddell is one of the most acclaimed children's book illustrators in the United Kingdom. In addition to his skill as an illustrator, he brings to CASTLE DIARY a wicked sense of humor, perhaps the result of his years as a political cartoonist.
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These diary books by Richard Platt are absolutely wonderful! I can't praise them highly enough as great works of historical fiction for young children. My five year old son can't get enough of this book. He loves it so much that I recently purchased the Pirate Diary for him. I didn't pay attention to editions or dimensions. I just purchased it. Well, it was tiny, about 5x6 compared to the large and lavish 10x13 first edition Castle Diary that we own. Also, instead of full page, full color illustrations there were black and white sketches here and there. So, I checked out the Castle Diary book again on Amazon and the same thing has been done. Look carefully at what you're ordering. The first editions are very large and gorgeously illustrated in full color with the text interspersed throughout. The editions available now are much smaller. They are mainly text with a few black and white sketches.
I am so saddened by what they have done to these books. In their original form, they are five star books for sure. I can only give four stars to the newer editions, however. The writing is the same but they have lost their picture book charm which made them accessible to younger kids. Even for older kids, however, a picture is worth a thousand words and would surely be greatly appreciated.
In short, I would rather own a used first edition of these books than a brand new copy of the modified version. I just wanted to point out the difference to prospective buyers.
This is a fun book for kids to get a great idea of what life may have been like in medieval times. My son is in 3rd grade and really enjoyed both the format (a diary being different than most stories we read) and the story. We homeschool using Classical Conversations and this book fit in great with Cycle 2. My son is an advanced reader and was able to read this on his own, but that might not be the case for every third grader.
My son had to read this for his fifth grade class and I'm glad because I enjoyed reading it myself. It's a very clever diary that gives lots of information on medieval castle living.
I liked it, then I loaned it to some of the middle school kids and they LOVED it. Very readable, good illustrations, and highly informative. I recommend it!
This was a nice story.
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