Title: Into the Castle
Author: June Crebbin
Illustrator: John Bendall-Brunello
Genre/theme of the book: Fantasy
Summary of book: Five friends decide to explore an old castle to see if the monster still lives there. They journey by going on, around, across, beyond, around, down, and into the castle. The five friends find a surprise in the dungeon, just waiting for someone to stop by. Read to see what the friends do when they go into the castle...
Characters: the five friends (three children, a horse, and a dog), whatever is in the dungeon
Reader's comments: This book uses directional words to tell the story of the friends and their adventure. Children love to get into the story by acting out the pages as they are read aloud.
Grade level appropriateness: preschool-third grade
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