Castles: Old Stone Poems

  This book is a beautiful collection of poems that surround the subject of ancient castles. Each poem is about a different famous castle and includes a mixture of historical fact and myth. The castles are from all over the world-from France's Chambord to Catherine's Palace in Russia. Each one is unique and equally grand. My two favorites are the one's mentioned above. I love Chambord's for it's amazing, broad low ceilings and grand spiral staircase designed by Leonardo D'avinci. I also really like Catherine's Palace for it's bright gold colored walls. It was said that Catherine was so vain she kept her hairdresser locked in an iron cage inside her room so that no one would know she wore a wig. It is little details like this in the back of the book  that make this work really interesting. I can definitely see myself reading something like this in my class and having my kids do a drawing project where they design their own castle.