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Great books etc for medieval history homeschool unit study
A Medieval FeastA Medieval Feast by Aliki
Buy new: £4.20 / Used from: £0.34
A lavish, wonderful, highly informative book. Tells you more about the feudal system than a textbook!
What Were Castles For? (Usborne Starting Point History)What Were Castles For? (Usborne Starting Point History) by Phil Roxbee Cox
Buy new: £3.16 / Used from: £0.12
Good to have several books, as they cover different aspects of the topic.
The Kingfisher Children's Encyclopedia of British HistoryThe Kingfisher Children's Encyclopedia of British History
Buy new: £12.96 / Used from: £4.61
We have the 'World History' version, but this would be easier to use. Good, concise resource.
Cathedrals (First Discovery) (First Discovery Series)Cathedrals (First Discovery) (First Discovery Series)
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01
I wouldn't pay full whack for this, but - with perspex overlay pages - it gives a brilliant flavour of how a cathedral was built.
Castle (Experience)Castle (Experience) by Richard Platt
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £1.27
One of the best in this series - its illustrations are its selling point, but text also excellent.
Make Your Own Castle (Make Your Own)Make Your Own Castle (Make Your Own) by Clare Beaton
Buy new: £3.47 / Used from: £0.01
A lovely item. Good for younger primary. pre-printed cardboard castle, but colour-in characters, siege engines etc.
The Door in the Wall (Books for Young Readers)The Door in the Wall (Books for Young Readers) by Marguerite De Angeli
Buy new: £4.50 / Used from: £0.18
A good wholesome read with lots of medieval flavour. Maybe 7 up.
Robin Hood (DK Eyewitness Classics)Robin Hood (DK Eyewitness Classics) by Neil Philip
Buy used from: £1.26
Good one to get from the library. Text not very exciting, but every so often, excellent features on relevant medieval life.
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: "Coming of Arthur"; The "Knights of the Round Table"; The "Quest of the Holy" (Puffin Classics)King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: "Coming of Arthur"; The "Knights of the Round Table"; The "Quest of the Holy" (Puffin Classics) by Roger Lancelyn Green
Buy used from: £0.01
Relevant from the knights and chivalry perspective.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Junior Classics)King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Junior Classics) by Benedict Flynn
Buy new: £7.11 / Used from: £6.99
This is the version I know best, though handle with care - rather dark, and - although the adultery part is not applauded - it's there.