Another what's that book?

spear · 04-16-2009, 12:51 PM

There's a book (possibly series) that I read as a youngster (probably about 29 years ago) that I cannot remember the title. Every so often it pops into my head and drives me crazy because I cannot remember its name or author. It was a story of 4 kids who, inspired by seeing the movie "Ivanhoe" combined their toys to make castles and use their dolls/action figures to create/recreate the Ivanhoe story. Each night they wake up in this created world. They find that by moving the toys around the following day they can affect the outcome of next's nights adventure.

A fuzzy part of me thinks it has something to do with a magic coin they find. But I am not sure if that was part of that book or the next in the series.

Can anyone help me with this mystery? I truely do not know the age of the book since I got it from the local library.

Sparrow · 04-16-2009, 01:06 PM

The References section in the Wikipedia "Ivanhoe" page has:

Edward Eager's book Knight's Castle (1956) magically transports four children into the story of Ivanhoe.

spear · 04-16-2009, 01:10 PM

That gotta be it! This book has plagued me for awhile, one of the problems was that I didn't even remember the Ivanhoe connection until I was writing the thread. Thanks very much, this has been cathartic!

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And super fast too!

Oh yeah have some karma!

Sparrow · 04-16-2009, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spear

Oh yeah have some karma!

Are you going to get a copy?

wayrad · 04-16-2009, 02:20 PM

The coin is from another Eager book, "Half Magic". The kids in Knight's castle are the children of one of the siblings in that book, which is set in the 20's.

spear · 04-16-2009, 04:35 PM

Thanks wayrad (karma to you too) I am so glad to know this, I'm glad my memory of these books wasn't as they say, a "false memory".

Sparrow: I may have to go find a copy of both these books, obviously they made an impression on me. It would be interesting to see how they "hold up" now.

wayrad · 04-16-2009, 08:20 PM

If you liked the Eager books, you might also like E. Nesbit, whom Eager made no secret of trying to emulate.

I always liked Eager's no-nonsense sorting out of the romantic pairings in Ivanhoe. Far more satisfying than the original version.

04-16-2009, 12:51 PM	#1
spear Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 175420 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly In My Head Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Another what's that book? There's a book (possibly series) that I read as a youngster (probably about 29 years ago) that I cannot remember the title. Every so often it pops into my head and drives me crazy because I cannot remember its name or author. It was a story of 4 kids who, inspired by seeing the movie "Ivanhoe" combined their toys to make castles and use their dolls/action figures to create/recreate the Ivanhoe story. Each night they wake up in this created world. They find that by moving the toys around the following day they can affect the outcome of next's nights adventure. A fuzzy part of me thinks it has something to do with a magic coin they find. But I am not sure if that was part of that book or the next in the series. Can anyone help me with this mystery? I truely do not know the age of the book since I got it from the local library.

04-16-2009, 01:10 PM	#3
spear Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 175420 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly In My Head Device: Kindle Paperwhite	wow that's gotta be it! That gotta be it! This book has plagued me for awhile, one of the problems was that I didn't even remember the Ivanhoe connection until I was writing the thread. Thanks very much, this has been cathartic!. And super fast too! Oh yeah have some karma! Last edited by spear; 04-16-2009 at 01:13 PM.

04-16-2009, 04:35 PM	#6
spear Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 175420 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly In My Head Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks wayrad (karma to you too) I am so glad to know this, I'm glad my memory of these books wasn't as they say, a "false memory". Sparrow: I may have to go find a copy of both these books, obviously they made an impression on me. It would be interesting to see how they "hold up" now. Last edited by spear; 04-16-2009 at 04:38 PM.

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04-16-2009, 01:06 PM	#2
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	The References section in the Wikipedia "Ivanhoe" page has: Edward Eager's book Knight's Castle (1956) magically transports four children into the story of Ivanhoe.

04-16-2009, 02:20 PM	#5
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	The coin is from another Eager book, "Half Magic". The kids in Knight's castle are the children of one of the siblings in that book, which is set in the 20's.

04-16-2009, 08:20 PM	#7
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	If you liked the Eager books, you might also like E. Nesbit, whom Eager made no secret of trying to emulate. I always liked Eager's no-nonsense sorting out of the romantic pairings in Ivanhoe. Far more satisfying than the original version.

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