tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591569756903833843.post2383206304827662367..comments2023-09-19T02:16:34.168-07:00Comments on medieval research with joyce: And in the Children’s Section, We Have…Joyce DiPastenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16638031103659265422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591569756903833843.post-10509284739046689982008-04-04T17:36:00.000-07:002008-04-04T17:36:00.000-07:00Great to hear from you, Elizabeth! Thanks for the ...Great to hear from you, Elizabeth! Thanks for the tip about Castle Story. I just ordered a used copy from Amazon (since it seems to have gone out of print...don't all the best ones?)Joyce DiPastenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638031103659265422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591569756903833843.post-90423802260155152662008-04-04T15:48:00.000-07:002008-04-04T15:48:00.000-07:00The best children's book I have on castles is The ...The best children's book I have on castles is The Castle Story by Sheila Sancha, highly commended for the Carnegie medal. This one goes through the ages and notes the changes an author should be aware of down the centuries. The illustrations are charming and lucid. I have the Macaulay books on my shelf too. Not sure that Kevin was a common noble name in Medieval England or Wales!<BR/>Sancha has also written two terrific books illustrating town and country life in the medieval period. The Luttrell village and Walter Dragun's Town - the story of trade in Stanford in the 13thC.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.com