Max's Castle
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- $20.99
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
An ingenious sequel to Max's Words and Max's Dragons, Max's Castle shows readers just how much fun wordplay can be in this winning collaboration between author Kate Banks and illustrator Boris Kulikov.
When Max finds a pile of forgotten toys under the bed, his brothers Benjamin and Karl wonder what's so special about some old blocks. So Max shows them. With some clever twists of both blocks and imagination, he constructs not only a castle but an entire adventure, complete with pirates and knights, a dark dungeon and a dragon.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Imaginative Max, who first appeared in Max's Words, discovers that a whole new world can unfold from one simple discovery in this case, a wooden letter block. Using more blocks, Max builds an enormous castle. Max and his two brothers enact a kind of three-dimensional Scrabble game, in which the words they spell explode into life. " I will turn your sword into words,' said Max. And this spear will become pears.' " (Max, as king, has a pacifist streak.) The stern of an approaching vessel spells "p-i-r-a-t-e-s," but with the flick of a wand, Max transforms it into a grinning rat holding "rat pies." Kulikov's chalky, boldly lit illustrations have a bright energy that feels almost improvisational, working in seamless harmony with Banks's nimble wordplay. Ages 4 8.
