Customer Reviews

If You Lived In The Days Of The Knights

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I like this book better than the DK reader about Knights and Castles. It's a great format with good illustrations.

My reservation with this book is that is made the medieval centuries seem so homogenous -- fashions and political systems were not as permanent or as pervasive as this book indicates. How could they be? Feudalism was in place across a huge geographical area and life was different in diffent parts of the world and at different times under different rulers and nobles.

I'm a homeschooler and my 8 year old son is studying American History this year. We have quite a few of the books from the "If You Lived..." series to go along with his studies, but when I saw this book I knew he would love it. These books are well written and entertaining. My son reads these himself or asks me to read them to him for fun rather than "school."

Children will enjoy delving into the Middle Ages with this book. Written in Q&A style, they'll learn all about living in a Medieval times, from dressing and housing to basic economy and warfare. Very appropriate for both young readers and tweens. A nice addition to your child's history shelf!