Author: GILLIAN OSBAND & ROBERT ANDREW
Title: Castles
Description: New York: Scholastic, 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0531059499. Pop-Up; Color Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 11 pages; Hard cover has grey spine with black lettering. Glazed boards; slight rubbing and bumping. 11 pages of perfectly working Pop-Ups! ! ! Terrific book brings castles to a 3D presentation, making it easier to see and comprehend how they were made and used. 'In fairy tales, castles are places of noble deeds, fair maidens, and brave knights. The illuminating text of this beautiful and ingenious pop-up book tells about the real castles, which were nothing like that. They were military strongholds designed for battle and defense, and often cold, dirty, and bad smelling. The castles of the past can be explored in three-dimensional detail in these fascinating models that show what castles were like and how they evolved. In some, the individual rooms can be seen, while in the castle under seige the walls fall, and weapons such as the catapult really work. This book presents castles so real it is hard to believe they are made of paper'.. Near Fine .

Keywords: 0531059499 Pop Up; Mechanical Book; Juvenile Action; Juvenile Historical Fiction; Education; Movable Books; Medieval Architecture; Medieval History; Medieval Buildings; Cultural History Education Architecture European History History Geography English/Bri