Castle In The Attic Novel

The castle in the attic is a children s fantasy novel by elizabeth winthrop and illustrator trina schart hyman first published in 1985 the novel has won the dorothy canfield fisher children s book award and the california young reader medal.

Castle in the attic novel. Audio cd 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Elizabeth winthrop is the author of more than sixty books most of them for children. William is given a realistic model of a castle by his family s english. Great fantasy october 15 2008 i enjoyed this book so much i have listened to it twice.

The castle in the attic by elizabeth winthrop edition. It has also been nominated for twenty three state book awards. The castle is perfect in every way with a drawbridge a moat and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates. Her best known work is the castle in the attic which was nominated for twenty three state awards and won the won the dorothy canfield fisher children s book award the california young reader s medal and was named a children s choice by the international reading association.

Sure enough when william picks up the tiny silver knight sir simon comes alive in his hand and tells william a mighty story of wild sorcery wizards and a kingdom in need of saving. The castle in the attic series 2 primary works 2 total works an american boy is entrusted with a family heirloom from his beloved english nanny before retiring to england. It s almost too real.