Build Your Own Castle

School Library Journal

Gr 3-6 These two books show adventuresome young people how to create a model of a castle or a space station from common household items. Both are easy to read, have clear directions, use no exotic materials, stress safety measures and result in a quality product; they can even be used by nonreaders, who can easily follow the large, clear, step-by-step color illustrations. Each double-page spread has complete directions for one component of the model, illustrations and a line drawing of the completed project, highlighting the particular component being worked on. . . . Castle includes people, shields, pennants, horses, a battering ram, a catapultall the parts that make a castle functional. . . . Space Station includes a colony, cruisers, factories, a shuttle, people and buildings. Each includes a suggestion for how to fit all the parts together in a model for display and play. Excellent choices for do-it-yourselfers who wish to create inexpensive, quality projects quickly and easily. Carole B. Kirkpatrick, North Auburn Elementary School, Wash.