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Title: Castle by David MacAulay ISBN: 0-395-32920-5 Publisher: Walter Lorraine Books Pub. Date: 25 October, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An informative paperback book for a kid.
Comment: This book covers the planning, construction, & defending of a 'typical' castle of England in the middle ages. The author chose to write/draw about an immaginary castle for 'Lord Kevin'. It also tells a little about life in a castle.
It is all black & white hand drawings/sketches. Nicely done. At times you can almost tell the artist has a sense of humor. It is obviously written for children, but adults can learn from it as well. It is a good study for castles by showing cross-sections.
Rating: 5
Summary: Castle
Comment: "Castle" by David Macaulay is the definitive illustrated book about castles!
As a fouth-grade young boy, I checked this book out of the library every week for well over a year until my local librarians bought me this book for Chanukkah! It is still on my shelves as an adult. I find it a masterpiece of interesting, quick reading coupled with Macaulay's well-acclaimed and wonderful illustrations. Macaulay's wonderful illustrations show pictorially exactly how a castle was built in stages, who did the work from the master architect to the most common laborer, how the castle functioned in war along with the troops that manned it, and even how the castle could be used as an economic and political bastion against enemies. I also want to add that Macaulay allowed PBS to make an animated TV special of his book around the 1980's that can still be found if one looks.
I named my childhood pet fish after the characters in this book. While my review of this book is most definitely fanatical, I cannot emphasize enough how charming this book really is. It's the pinnacle of fun castle books for a castle enthusiast, child or adult!
Rating: 5
Summary: They capture the castle
Comment: In this book, text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales. Macaulay recently added the title "Mosque" to his series of large constructions such as "Castle" or "Pyramid". It is nice to see the man being so prolific. This book would appeal to the child who likes to know exactly how things are created. Going step by step, Macaulay explains each leg in the process of creating a castle. More importantly, with each construction the author goes even further, explaining the purpose of that piece. The reader never looses sight of the fact that castles were both antagonistic and defensive. Children today that have seen the Lord of the Rings movies might be very interested in knowing more about the construction of these structures and how difficult they were to defeat. Macaulay's drawings are just as interesting as his text. Pencil drawings label and list every tool, brick, and worker. Undoubtedly, this is not a book for everyone and it would not be much use beyond serving as a reference guide for interested students. However, should a teacher wish to bring it up, they might wish to show the video Macaulay narrated of this book. Also, it might go well with Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead", as a look at a castle from a peasant's point of view.
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Title: Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David MacAulay ISBN: 0395316685 Publisher: Walter Lorraine Books Pub. Date: 26 October, 1981 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David MacAulay ISBN: 0395349222 Publisher: Walter Lorraine Books Pub. Date: 24 October, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Pyramid by David MacAulay ISBN: 0395321212 Publisher: Walter Lorraine Books Pub. Date: 26 April, 1982 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Underground by David MacAulay ISBN: 0395340659 Publisher: Walter Lorraine Books Pub. Date: 23 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Ship by David MacAulay ISBN: 0395745187 Publisher: Walter Lorraine Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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