Knights Treasure Chest: The Age of Adventure, to Unlock and Discover (Treasure Chests(tm)) [Misc. Supplies]

Marilyn Tolhurst (Author), Marilyn Tolburst (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Treasure Chests(tm)

Each kit contains a fully illustrated book of history, lore, and activities, plus a treasure trove of components and ideas to explore ancient times and people. Each kit comes in a book-shaped chest, complete with lock and key.

Here's a replica of a heraldic sealing ring, detachable seals, sealing clay, a coat of arms, stencils of heraldic shapes, a Gothic window to create, and more.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Running Press visits medieval times with Knights: The Age of Adventure, to Unlock and Discover, another entry in its Treasure Chest line. Knights is packaged in a handsome "locked" chest and includes a 32-page book, a board game ("Nine Men's Morris"), heraldic stickers, a toy catapult and such period appurtenances as a signet ring ($19.95, 8-up ISBN 1-56138-545-X Mar.).
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Misc. Supplies: 32 pages
• Publisher: Running Press Kids (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156138545X
• ISBN-13: 978-1561385454
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.2 x 2.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous teaching kit, August 16, 2007

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I'm teaching my 6-year-old about the middle ages this year and I am so looking forward to using this kit. It is a great little kit. The book has lots of pictures and information about everything in the kit and how knights lived and became knights and everything. I am so impressed with it. It has a catapult for her to build, a signet ring with different letters to put on it and make a seal from some clay (included). There's a proclamation from her as a king making someone a knight that she has to colour and seal with her ring and clay. There are stickers to put on a diagram of a knight. There's a little cardboard castle with people, a draw bridge, and a portcullis that you can lay seige to with the catapult you built. There is a game of nine man's morris (a game they played in medieval times). There's a map of places they went to in the crusades. I am very impressed and can't wait to use this with my daughter. Very well done and good quality. I will get another one of these when I teach my son about middle ages as well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for homeschoolers!, November 2, 2010

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We homeschool and this year my son is studying the middle ages. I purchased this kit as a fun activity for him to go along with all the reading we are doing and he loves it. It's been sitting on our shelf for several weeks, waiting until we hit the section in our curriculum about knights and he has been chomping at the bit to open it. Last week we finally made it to knights/chivalry and he practically did a little dance of joy when I told him he could open the box. It comes with a ton of activities and a wealth of information. The catapult is of course his favorite thing, but it took my husband's help to put that together, as it's a little intricate for an 8 yo (it also takes extra hands). There are great examples of illumination, stained glass, and heraldry (all with hands on activities) and even a medieval game to play, along with stickers, posters, and a great little book that explains things simply but in good detail. If you have a child who is fascinated by knights or are studying the middle ages, I highly recommend this kit. The parts are sturdy and the fun is endless. There's even a good deal of learning involved, but don't tell your kids.