Knights

Man of la Mancha

Icon:

Jailed during the Spanish Inquisition for offending the church, author Miguel de Cervantes (O'Toole) is forced to act out one of his manuscripts for the entertainment of fellow inmates. Cervantes delivers a rapturous performance as the legendary Don Quixote, the chivalrous knight whose choice to see life as it should be, not as it is, takes him into battles with an imaginary foe and into romance with the beautiful Dulcinea (Loren).

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:09

Don Quixote

Icon:

Alonzo Quixada, a middle-aged Spaniard, is so enthralled by knights' tales of gallantry, chivalry and adventure in the days of yore, that he renounces his old identity to become Don Quixote De La Mancha. Dressed in ancient rusty armor and mounted on a broken down horse, he appoints Sancho Panza, a neighboring peasant, to be his squire and believes a washerwoman to be the Lady Dulcinea, his muse.

Director:

Peter Yates

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:20

Clothes of the Medieval World

Icon:

Copies: 1

"Clothes of the Medieval World" looks at how fashions changed as trade, travel, and inventions opened societies to new influences and a greater choice of fabrics and styles. From stately royal robes to simple tunics and leggings, stunning detailed artwork on every page recreates the clothes worn in medieval time.

Author:

Christine Hatt

Medieval Knights

Icon:

Copies: 1

Colorful illustrations complete with plastic overlays explore the armor, weaponry, and war-horses used by knights during the medieval period, as well as the code of chivalry, the crusades, and other important aspects of life in the Middle Ages."

Author:

David Nicolle

Crusades: The Struggle for the Holy Lands

Icon:

Copies: 1

A history of the Crusades, the series of wars fought by knights to defend Christianity in the Holy Land.

Author:

Melanie Rice

Christopher Rice

Christopher Gravett

Crusades: The Struggle for the Holy Lands

The Middle Ages

Icon:

Copies: 1

This fact-filled book focuses on the Middle Ages of Europe--the era of great castles, the crusades, ocean travel and invention. Each page features richly detailed artwork which gives clear and accurate representations of the tools, weapons, clothing, and other artifacts of everyday life in the Middle Ages.

Author:

Giovanni Caselli

Middle Ages

Icon:

Kit full of books about medieval times and the middle ages.

Kit consists of the books listed in the box below:

Content Area:

Social Studies

The Order of Odd Fish

Icon:

Jo Larouche has lived her 13 years in the California desert with her Aunt Lily, ever since she was dropped on Lily's doorstep with this note: "This is Jo. Please take care of her. But beware. This is a dangerous baby."

Author:

James Kennedy

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

820L

Length:

13:53

Tumbleweed (Unabridged)

Icon:

Sir Tumbleweed is an unlikely knight, afraid of horses, jousting and dragons. But with help from Arthur the Lion and Spearhead the Unicorn, he floors Sir Basil the Beastly in a jousting match.

Author:

Dick King-Smith

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

01:45

The Castle in the Attic (Unabridged)

Icon:

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 finger-high knight to guard the gates. 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!

Author:

Elizabeth Winthrop

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

750L

Length:

03:31

Knights

Pages