Medieval Castle :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
An eTie back the covers of this highly detailed two-story, six-room castle and enter a medieval world filled with three-dimensional wonders including a moveable drawbridge and portcullis, swinging chandeliers, secret dark passages, hidden treasure and a prisoner in the tower. Press-out figures, including a fire-breathing dragon, and a pair of knights on horseback make the castle come to life. Packed full of exciting, historically accurate details like stained glass windows, snarling gargoyles, balconies and turrets, weaponry, lavish tapestries, colorful coats of arms, and shining armor, this is a castle that will enchant both children and collectors alike. Two-story, eight-room castle,Pop-out furniture,and press-out figures.
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Customer Reviews

Beautiful Pop-Up castle

1998-01-04
This book is truly a wonderful gift. It fills the imagination with rich vibrant graphics, It can make a great display piece !

Beautiful

2008-01-20
My son had seen this book at school-all of the kids in his class were asking for it so much that the teacher sent us all the ISBN so that we could get it if we wanted to. Its just a big pop up book/castle that fascinates my 7 year old-who is learning in his 'gifted' class how to make pop-ups and who is totally into the 'knights and castles' thing to boot. Its beautiful and it is sturdy enough that it has survived him enjoying it regularly for 2 weeks now.

Surpassed My Expectations

2007-04-03
I have to admit I was doubtful about this "book" when I first took it out of the box. However, the kids had just studied medieval castles in History and they were very excited when we opened the book, tied it back, and out in the middle of the floor was a castle for them to play with and explore. In this case, familiarity did not breed contempt, but aided in my kids enthusiasm about it. I was impressed with how many days they pulled it out to play with it again and again.

3-D castle

2004-06-13
What a wonderful "book". This three-dimensional medieval castle was a delight to both my daughters, age 2 and 5. It is very sturdy, with amazing details. My 5 year old was delighted to find special "surprises" throughout the castle. It is perfect for travel and packs so easy. Please note that this is not a book per se, but more of a "dollhouse". There are cut-out dragons, princes, princesses and other fun accessories. My daughters will play for hours with this castle.

explore a castle -- no batteries required

2003-02-19
This is a wonderful value -- a fun fold-out castle, creatively designed and waiting for a lucky child to discover its many hidden surprises. The large but lightweight book comes with a "working" drawbridge on the cover, and is tied with two blue ribbons. You can "read" the book and let each of the four segments (including throne room, dining room, exterior, armory and bedrooms) appear individually, or you can unfold the house and tie the ribbons with the book covers back-to-back so that the castle is completely accessible as a sort of diorama. Your preschooler boy or girl will have hours of low-tech fun playing with the punch-out characters: king, queen, knights on horses, a jester, a wizard, lady, lord and dragon.

There are hanging banners, a sliding front gate, balconies, connecting doors, chandeliers, chess games, closets, hidden jewels, pop-up furniture and more. There are loads of fun little surprises here -- even a hidden passage. My advice: get this even for a little child who may tear the admittedly fragile cardboard pieces. You can always tape or glue them together, or buy another castle, but you can't always find a fun setup for little ones that requires imagination more than batteries, allowing children to act out stories in an exciting play environment.

Incredibley detailed! 2000-06-07
I have had this book for about a year now and i am still finding the little surprises that the designer has made in this exquisite book! Like the hidden passage behind the curtain, the meal under the cover that a helper is holding, and the detail is beautiful! If yuo spend enough time looking through this pop up book then you will find that behind curtains, under things, the ceiling, backs of things, everything! I could go onfor hours about how beautiful and detailed this book is!