It's never too early to find out about kings and queens, drawbridges and dungeons, and old castle toilets with this brand new green Early Reader factbook.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books, perfect for building confidence in new readers and reluctant readers. A green Early Reader is a first factbook.

Did you know that the first castles were called motte and bailey castles? Or that there were holes above the castle gates called murder holes?

Learn fascinating facts about life in a castle and how ancient castles were built and defended, in this brand new non fiction Early Reader from Scoular Anderson, with full colour illustrations on every page.

Scoular Anderson studied graphic design at Glasgow School of Art, and then moved to London to work as an illustrator. He lives in a house in Argyll, Scotland, which overlooks the Firth of Clyde.

Scoular likes writing books which are funny or make the reader learn something. He has written and illustrated about 80 books, including the bestselling My First Joke Book (Young Corgi) and the How to be a... history series (HarperCollins). He has also illustrated a further 100 books for other authors.

Visit Scoular's website: http://www.scoularanderson.co.uk