Castle In Attic Book
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.
Castle in attic book. One of the classic fantastical adventures of all time. A great grandniece of theodore roosevelt elizabeth lives in new york city. The castle in the attic is a children s fantasy novel by elizabeth winthrop and illustrator trina schart hyman first published in 1985. 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.
The novel has won the dorothy canfield fisher children s book award and the california young reader medal. It has also been nominated for twenty three state book awards. It s almost too real. The castle is perfect in every way with a drawbridge a moat and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates.