Full name: Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess

Author: Richard Platt Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780763621643 0763621641

"Not many, if any, children's books on the Middle Ages and castles contain the wealth of information found in this fresh, appealing offering." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) What was it really like to live in a castle? Step back to the Middle Ages with Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess. Eleven-year-old Toby's vivid diary entries offer an insider's view of day-to-day castle life, including tips on etiquette (where do you spit at a feast?) and exciting descriptions of hunting, jousting, and harvesting. Complete with glossary, index, and detailed endnotes, this is a rich look at medieval life that informs as much as it entertains. Similar books: The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla The Minstrel in the Tower by Gloria Skurzynski Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting Encounter by Jane Yolen Jackie's Bat by Marybeth Lorbiecki Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard The Making of a Knight by Patrick O'Brien Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Godden Back Home by Michelle Magorian Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev