Castle Attack

Make Your Own Medieval Battlefield

From the Series Tabletop Wars

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Make models of castle buildings and little knights, and plan a medieval battle scene that uses the mini-launchers from other books in this series. All you need are everyday items and some adult help. Deploy your launchers on both sides of the castle, jump to your stations, and attack. Bite-sized facts explain how these parts of a castle worked in history too!

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Science
Category Makerspace, Makerspace: Science/Experiments/Activities, STEM, STEM: Physical Science
Copyright 2017
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Hungry Tomato ®
Imprint Hungry Tomato ®
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2016-08-01
Reading Counts! Level 5.4
Text Type Procedural
BISACS JNF051120, JNF051130, JNF021000
Dewey 728.8/1
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 920
Guided Reading Level T
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Charts/Graphs/Diagrams, Glossary, Index, Reviewed, and Table of contents

Author: Rob Ives

Rob Ives is a former math and science teacher and now a designer and paper engineer living in Cumbria, UK. He creates science- and project-based children’s books, including Paper Models that Rock! and Paper Automata. He specializes in character-based paper animations and all kinds of fun and fascinating science projects, and often visits schools to talk about design technology and demonstrate his models.

Illustrator: John Paul de Quay

John Paul de Quay has a BS in biology from the University of Sussex, UK, and a graduate certificate in animation from the University of the West of England. He lives in the UK.

Reviews

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“[B]ooks about warfare tend to fly off the shelf, and this series is worth a good look. . . . Perseverance is key with these high-interest crafts.”—School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

Kirkus Reviews

“Readers interested in models, warfare, and construction will find lots to love in this volume. . . . An excellent resource that will spark the imaginations of many readers.”—Kirkus Reviews