Showing titles in Medieval

A Newbery Medal Winner Awarded the John Newbery Medal as "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" in the year of its publication. "A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good work to keep a road in repair...

The kingdom of Primordia is in terrible peril. Who will protect the innocent and trample on the forces of evil? The Knights of the Stone Table, that's who! Cheer as they charge into battle atop dinosaurs and mammoths. Can they prevail against treacherous knights, pterodactyl pirates, and dino-sorcerers?

Meet Moss, an apprentice dino-dung shoveler working in Primordia's royal stables. He couldn't be any further down the pecking order without being underground—and he'll certainly never get a chance to be a knight like his hero, Sir Brutus Fallsword. But fate takes a twist when Moss discovers that he has a gift for speaking to dinosaurs. He is suddenly and unexpectedly enlisted into training a truly fearsome beast—the huge and mighty Tyrannosaurus rex belonging to the king's own daughter, Princess Opal!

Der zwölfjährige Aviel führt eigentlich ein ganz normales Leben. Er liebt seine Familie, spielt mit seinen Freunden im Fußballverein und interessiert sich für Geschichte. Eines Tages begegnet ihm ein sonderbares Streifenhörnchen mit magischen Seifenblasen. Als ihn eine dieser Blasen umschließt und in einen schillernden Nebel hüllt, wird Aviel durch Zeit und Raum geschickt. Er findet sich im Körper des jungen Friedrich wieder, der gerade seinen Knappenschlag erhalten soll. Im Mittelalter!