Information for Young Students

Members of the Shire of Shadowdale have been trying to gather resources of use to school kids. This has come from our fairly frequent requests for demos and other assistance to 6th grade classes. Our shire unfortunately does not have enough people with flexible schedules to help in person during the day, so we are trying to use the web page as a means to assist young people learn about the Middle Ages. On this page you will find:
Suggested books (limited to items available at Iowa City Public Library)
Links to sites specifically aimed at kids (although many of the other links on the shire page may be of interest)

Select Bibliography

(all available at Iowa City Public Library)

Fiction (modern):

Cushman, Karen. Catherine, called Birdy. New York : Clarion Books, c1994.

Cushman, Karen. The midwife's apprentice. New York : Clarion Books, c1995.

DeAngeli, Marguerite. The door in the wall. New York : Dell yearling, c1949.

Kelly, Eric Philbrook. The trumpeter of Krakow. New York : Macmillan, 1929.

Fiction (from the Middle Ages):

Westwood, Jennifer. Medieval tales. New York : Coward-McCann, 1968.

Non-fiction:

Byam, Michèle. Arms and armor. New York : Knopf, c1988.

Dann, Geoff. Knight. New York, Knopf, c1993.

Fradon, Dana. Harold the herald : a book about heraldry. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1990.

Gravett, Christopher. Castle. New York : Knopf, c1994.

Langley, Andrew. Medieval life. New York : Knopf, c1996.

Macaulay, David. Castle. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977. NOTE: also available on video.

Macaulay, David. Cathedral : the story of its construction. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1973. NOTE: also available on video.

Macdonald, Fiona. A medieval castle. New York : Peter Bedrick Books, c1990.

Margeson, Susan M. Viking. New York : Knopf, c1994.

Sancha, Sheila. The Luttrell village : country life in the Middle Ages. New York : Crowell, c1982.

Links

Castles for Kids

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