Medieval Knights is a short, little read for K-2 students providing basic facts and establishing background knowledge about medieval times and knights. For this review, I'd like to focus on format and access features because the book has some interesting features and formatting. The cover is a catching, midnight blue with a photograph of a knight on a horse. The font has some "medieval flavor" to it! The end pages are plain white and do not provide any additional information or pictures. The table of contents lay on a really neat, burnt edge paper graphic, and it demonstrates that the book is organized as topical. The chapter titles are catching, including "Knightly Dreams", "Who Were Knights?", and "I Dub Thee Sir Knight". There is a space between the chapter titles and a separate organization for added information and the index and glossary. I love the graphics and font of the book. There are catching side bars on pages, and also terms used in the main text defined as inserted information. Most of the pictures are sketches or illustrations, with a few photographs of armor and knights. I would have liked to see more photographs. All of the photographs and illustrations coincide effectively with the text on each page, and they are exciting and draw the reader in. The glossary provides a pronunciation guide and there is a page providing books and websites for the reader to further research. The bibliography is in tiny print on the first page, adjacent to the table of contents. I would have preferred a more distinguished bibliography at the end of the book as a way to teach bibliography and citation.

I read this book to my Kindergarten boys during a study on Fairy Tales. They absolutely loved it, and made "wow sounds" as I read new information! The middle ages and history was a little over their head and the book didn't provide a whole lot of information. Overall, it was a great little read and the boys selected it to read during their independent and buddy-reading time. ( )