Castles: A non-fiction book packed full of information about castles. (Collins Big Cat)

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Carroll outdoes herself with suspense, sexuality, and a sexy red-black-and-grey limited color palette. It’s a children’s fantasy grounded in reality, where a young boy is given a model of a castle by his family’s housekeeper. Robust, romantic and imposing, castles capture our imagination when we were children and continue to hold interest throughout our lives. Titus Groan is one of the foundational fantasy books about castles, the first in Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast series published in 1946.

With its witty rhyming text and glorious, detailed illustrations, The Knight Who Wouldnt Fight is a joyful, magical picture book about the power of stories. Peake was very ill when writing the third book, which is less satisfactory than the earlier volumes.The Battle of Hastings looks at the gripping events that led up to the famous battle of Hastings in 1066 and the following Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Like many before her that have never come back, she’s made it to the Countess’ castle determined to snuff out the horror, but she could never be prepared for what hides within its turrets; what unfurls under its fluttering flags.

The first part of A Passion for Castles tells the life stories of David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross and their work as Edinburgh architects before they embarked on their magisterial survey, revealing interesting and previously unknown details about the two men. The tales are retold in a comic book style, with speech bubbles and many humorous details in both the text and illustrations that pupils will love. Find out exactly what goes on inside a medieval castle in this impeccably stylish picture book from the National Trust.Linda Medley took the iconic fairytales of your childhood – Sleeping Beauty, Jack And The Beanstalk, and so on – and adapted them to comics with a contemporary sensibility.

This book doesn’t provide many answers —written records before 900 AD are few and the archaeology is confused —Konstam’s conclusion is "the main benefit of any visit to one of these sites is to be able to stand on the same hilltop or promontory, and to imagine what it might have looked like in the days of the Picts. In 1051, a monk of Canterbury Cathedral made a bizarre observation in what would eventually form part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Checked by specialist consultants and an educational expert this is not only a source of information you can trust, but one that is age-appropriate and supportive of schoolwork. The book was beautifully illustrated throughout, and looks in detail at several of Wales's castles, providing details of construction and history in each case. Not just the seen but the unseen such as screams, thuds, horses' hooves, rattling chains and being watched have been common experiences through history to present.

This book was amazing, and I absolutely loved reading about all the different castles and stories that are associated with them.