One of my favorite books from my childhood.
Alastor castle in the attic.
He wants to reclaim his kingdom from alastor.
Phillips his beloved nanny down to the size of his index finger.
William brings sir simon and the rest of the statues to life.
It has sold over a million copies and is included in elementary school curriculums all over the country.
A sequel the battle for the castle was written almost ten years later concerning william returning to simon s kingdom this time with his friend jason in tow where they encounter new characters and have to face off with a darker more insidious and disturbing evil than the wizard.
William has used the magical janus medal to shrink mrs.
The sequel is more of a straight up adventure story but does have the same type of cross cultural charm in.
He grabbed it from alastor as he was being changed to lead.
Because alastor s spells are broken the forest is no longer dangerous and the famine ends.
He is a bit rusty and weak.
While the story moves a bit too fast for an adult it s a wonderful book for elementary age kids.
The novel has won the dorothy canfield fisher children s book award and the california young reader medal.
Sir simon is the silver knight.
What two chinese meals did william and his dad make or plan to make.
The castle in the attic is both entertaining and educational.
What statement from the castle in the attic is an opinion.
Your students will enjoy reading a novel set during medieval times.
Beef with broccoli and chicken with cashews.
The knight came alive alastor s necklace had what on it.
It has also been nominated for twenty three state book awards.
They will also love reading about william s adventures as he travels back in time.
He wants to get in good shape so he can fight anyone that comes into the attic.
A short and sweet story about a boy who is given a special castle.
It s the mysterious castle his housekeeper has told him about and even though william is sad she s leaving now the castle is his.
Children s literature portal the castle in the attic is a children s fantasy novel by elizabeth winthrop and illustrator trina schart hyman first published in 1985.
What color pennant flag was on alastor s castle before his defeat.
William has just received the best present of his life an old real looking stone and wooden model of a castle with a drawbridge a moat and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates.
How did sir simon get the first janus token.
A castle when william went to the attic to meet the silver knight to be alone with him for the first time what did the knight do.
