Castles Facts, Things to Make, Activities

This series of fact-packed, highly illustrated books combines history and technology with interesting and relevant craft activities. Each book covers one topic and describes its many aspects through imaginative text and accurate illustrations. Each chapter contains a fun-to-do activity using everyday materials to make articles that bring to life the subject. Each book contains a glossary of new or unfamiliar words, a further reading list, places to visit to learn more about the topic, and an index. CASTLES gives a broad history of castle-building; explains what castles were for and who lives in them; and includes instructions for readers to make their own castles, characters and fortifications.