Castle In The Attic Theme

Elizabeth winthrop is the author of more than sixty books most of them for children.

Castle in the attic theme.

William is given a realistic model of a castle by his family s english. In the castle in the attic he was brave enough to shrink and help sir simon go and deafeat alastor. It s almost too real. William is a kid with guts and heart.

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 by elizabeth winthrop missed my radar when i was a child in 1985. 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. It looked fun adventuresome inventive and certainly is.

William can be a nice person. It looked fun adventuresome inventive and certainly is. The castle is perfect in every way with a drawbridge a moat and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates. Like making sure that sir simon is fed and well.

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. It is the first of two books about the castle in the attic plot summary when 10 year old william s beloved housekeeper decides to return to england william is disappointed and desperately wants her to stay. The castle is perfect in every way with a drawbridge a moat and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates. It has also been nominated for twenty three state book awards.