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I Wonder Why Castles Have Moats - Philip Steele


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I Wonder Why Castles Have Moats - Philip Steele

 
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Newest Review: ... questions, such as “Why did castles have moats?” a whole double page spread is devoted to giving answers to the specific ... more

 ... question as well as providing other topic appropriate information. All of the bits of information are accompanied by appropriate child friendly and often humorous illustrations. As well as the humorous cartoon style illustrations there are also “serious” drawings, showing people like Joan of arc and Robin Hood, with the small bits of text almost being part of the illustrations, and certainly not the main focus. This is great for children reading the text as they are not totally bogged down by copious amounts of text an...more

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by - written on 17/02/07 (Very useful, 106 readings)
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I wonder why castles have moats This is one of a series of books which focus on (among other things) scientific and historical facts. This particular book was published in 1994, so has cropped up on numerous occasions. Most recently, it has been used because of Little Miss being involved in looking at homes- her logic is that some people live in castles. The first question “What were the Middle Ages in the middle of?” sets the scene. There is a large map and some information on what came before and after the Middle Ages. The people and places shown on the map will crop up at some point in the book, and we know what the book is going to ...  Read the complete review

 

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