The Castle in the Attic

Elizabeth Winthrop

Holiday House, 1985 - Juvenile Fiction - 179 pages

A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest.

Contents

• Section 1: 26
• Section 2: 41
• Section 3: 49

About the author

Author Elizabeth Winthrop grew up in Washington, D. C., and has written over 50 works of fiction for all ages. She has won numerous awards including the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the Pen Syndicated Fiction Award, the California Young Readers Medal and the Jane Addams Peace Prize Honor Book. Many of her children's books are based on her childhood memories and the experiences of her children and other children she has talked to. Her book Belinda's Hurricane is based on the time she lived through a hurricane with her grandmother on an island off the coast of Connecticut. I Think He Likes Me is based on her daughter's reaction to her younger brother when he was brought home from the hospital. Her most popular books are The Castle in the Attic and The Battle for the Castle. Trina Schart Hyman was born on April 8, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, the Boston Museum School of Art, and Konstfackskolan, the Swedish State Art School. While living in Sweden, she got her first illustration job with Brown and Little. Her first work, Toffe and the Little Car, was published in 1961. During her lifetime, she illustrate over 150 children's books. She received numerous awards including a Horn Award for King Stork in 1973, the Caldecott Medal for Margaret Hodges's St. George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend Adapted from Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Queen', and Caldecott honors three times for Little Red Riding Hood, A Child's Calendar, and Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. She also wrote and illustrated her own books including How Six Found Christmas, A Little Alphabet, Little Red Riding Hood, and Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman. She joined the staff of Cricket magazine for children as an artist and illustrator in 1972 and became its art director before leaving in 1979. She died from complications of breast cancer on November 19, 2004 at the age of 65.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Castle in the Attic; Volume 1 of Castle In The Attic
• Author: Elizabeth Winthrop
• Illustrated by: Trina Schart Hyman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Holiday House, 1985
• ISBN: 0823405796, 9780823405794
• Length: 179 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Medieval; Juvenile Fiction / Royalty; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age