I’m hung up on Knights and Castles with my son but it’s paying off. He’s been running around the house with a foam sword for the last week, asking me what is fair fighting material and what isn’t. The rules we’ve established are: 1. No fighting with girls and 2. No fighting unarmed men. It isn’t honorable. (These rules are beneficial to mommy and daddy at various times.) Being that I like the idea of knighthood, I’m always on the lookout for books that boys can really get into that will engage them in the idea of honorable knighthood. I was delighted to find a couple of books by Silver Dolphin that really engage the mind and imagination.
The History in Action: Medieval Castle book is downright awesome. It comes with two knights and a little castle play structure that the kids can decorate and play with little cut-out figures (similar to paper dolls). The cardboard quality of the cut-outs is such that they would be rather hard to destroy. The book that is included with the kit tells you about life in the castle and about the various cut-out pieces that are provided for play. The book tells you how to build the scene and the history behind the castle and the various characters you can find therein. This is a fantastic kit-book which encourages young minds to build, explore and learn. I highly recommend it.
The second book is called Explore Within a Medieval Castle and it includes a plastic castle that you can take apart as you learn the different parts of the castle. This book focuses on various castle designs (both inside and out), famous castles, and life habits for the people inside. If you leave the castle intact within the book, as you turn the pages, it exposes the parts of the castle layer by layer. I would recommend not handing this book over to a two year old if you would like the castle to remain part of the book. However, you can easily stack the pieces and learn the castle apart from the book if any event occurs which removes the castle. (Ahem.)
It is also important to note that this book is only available for a limited period of time so if you are interested in grabbing a copy, do so soon!
It’s Wednesday, and that means “giveaway.” So in the meantime, Silver Dolphin as graciously and generously agreed to give away a copy of each of these books to TWO different people. In order to win the set, please leave a comment below. The contest is open to U.S. Residents only. We’ll announce the winner on April 1.
We have two winners from last week. The winner of According to Their Deeds is #68 Hesper Fry.
The winner of A Promise For Spring is #51 Gina Stratos.
If you didn’t receive an email from me, please send your shipping information to 5minutesforbooksATgmail(Dot)com.
Carrie comes by her book and holiday obsession honestly, having descended from a long line of bibliophiles. She blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know.
These both sound interesting! My girls are very interested in castles right now, and would love these books.
I have a grandson and a greatgrandson, both of whom would love these!
My son would adore this. My nephew too!
Thanks for posting about these books.
I would most certainly love to win them but if I do not, they will be purchased for my airplane, knight-play loving boy.
Both of my sons love castles and knights right now so please enter me for the books.
We have similar rules about foam sword fighting – the boys love those things which reminds me I need to pick up a couple of replacements soon.
My son LOVES reading about medieval times right now, we would be thrilled with these.
I would love to win these for my son! Thanks for hosting and thanks to Silver Dolphin!
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My 3 sons would love these books and so would I.
My boys would love these!!!
My mom’s a 5th grade teacher, and I know she’d love these!
We’d love to win this!
You know I’d love this!
My son would love this
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My kids would love to read about and explore castles!
I’ve always been fascinated by the medieval period and the lifestyle in castles – thanks for the chance!
My kids would love these
I’d love these
These would be super for some great relaxation referred to as stress relief.
Both of these books look great for my son…he’d love them! I especially like the Explore Within a Medieval Castle, with its castle you really can check out the different parts of a castle! What a neat idea!
I would love to win! These books look very interesting!
they both sound like great books! My son would be happy to win one 🙂
I have a couple of their other books – love them!
Fabulous for interactive reading 🙂
These sound great (and we already have the swords at home!)