How Would You Survive in the Middle Ages (How Would You Survive Ser) (Paperback)

by Fiona MacDonald (Author), David Salariya (Author), Mark Peppe (Illustrator) "THE PICTURE MAP and the globe (right) will help you to find the places mentioned in this book..." (more)
Key Phrases: Middle East

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Childrens Press (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531153061
• ISBN-13: 978-0531153062
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #522,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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112 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How Fiona makes you love History if you want to or not., April 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How Would You Survive in the Middle Ages (How Would You Survive?) (Library Binding)

Fiona Macdonald is famous for writing beutiful books about the past. She explains in a very friendly, clear and fascinating way how our ancestors lived. Children who dislike history and who think that the past is boring change their mind when they see the magnificintly illustrated books Fiona makes. This book pulls you into the Middle ages and gets you as close to the past as possible without a time-machine. On the first page you see a picture of a medieval town, people are working, there ia a market and there is more than enough to see. On several place throughout the city you find small questions like 'Would you be afraid of these soldiers?'. You see three scary looking soldiers playing a game on a tower. If you would like to know what game they are playing you can go to another page. It works almost as a internetsite with several links. The book is almost ineractive. The Chapters are clear and very beuatifyllt illustrated. The author tells us how life would be for people in the middle ages. You can follow 'a-day-in-the-life-of, you can see battles, castles, cities and farmers. It is a book that you will pick up again and again. Children will love it, it is very handy for making school projects. As always Fiona Macdonald has succeeded in making another brilliant book about the past. Bringing the past closer and educating the young. The Illustrators have done a perfect job, every single picture is a pleasure to look at.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best medieval social history for the elementary crowd, September 11, 2005

By	Lydia Joyce - See all my reviews

With the rather facile title of the series, I had no great expectations--but WOW! what a wonderful book to counter all the misconceptions about the middle ages that are promulgated even in many adults' books! I adore it. If you only get one book that touches on the social history of the middle ages, this should be it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Why is this out of print?, August 7, 2008

By	cataract (Spring Lake, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How Would You Survive - Middle Ages (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

This is so much better than the other general information books available. I had to pay the cost of new for a rather worn and discolored version. It was still worth it. This is a superior approach to making general information about the middle ages interesting to children. The other books now look like a hodge-podge.