    by David Macaulay  ISBN 0395257840 / 9780395257845 /
0-395-25784-0 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Language English
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books: 'Castle'  Book summary  Imagine yourself in 13th-century
England. King Edward I has just named the fictitious Kevin le
Strange to be the Lord of Aberwyvern--"a rich but rebellious
area of Northwest Wales." Lord Kevin's first task is to oversee
the construction of a strategically placed castle and town in
order to assure that England can "dominate the Welsh once and
for all." And a story is born! In the Caldecott Honor Book
Castle, David Macaulay--author, illustrator, former architect
and teacher--sets his sights on the creation and destiny of Lord
Kevin's magnificent castle perched on a bluff overlooking the
sea. Brick by brick, tool by tool, worker by worker, we witness
the methodical construction of a castle through exquisitely
detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. Children who love to know
how things work especially appreciate Mac