Book description
For well over thirty years, Eric P. Kelly's Newbery Award winner has brought the color and romance of ancient times to young readers. Today, The Trumpeter of Krakow is an absorbing and dramatic as when it was first published in 1928.
There was something about the Great Tarnov Crystal...Wise men…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Trumpeter of Kraków as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I am a travel writer as well as a children’s author and the Polish city of Kraków (or Cracow) is one of my favourite destinations in Europe, and one I have written about too.
Its ancient buildings mean that it’s a place where the medieval era comes alive, and that’s why I loved this book, which is written by an American professor of English who had a life-long love of Poland and its people.
Set in 1461 it tells the story of a boy named Joseph Charnetski who is thrillingly caught up in plots and intrigue (featuring alchemists and hypnotists…
From Andrew's list on middle grade children’s books set in the Middle Ages.
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