Knights Treasure Chest: The Age of Adventure, to Unlock and Discover

Marilyn Tolhurst, Marilyn Tolburst. Running Press Kids, $22.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-56138-545-4

Running Press visits medieval times with Knights: The Age of Adventure, to Unlock and Discover, another entry in its Treasure Chest line. Knights is packaged in a handsome ``locked'' chest and includes a 32-page book, a board game (``Nine Men's Morris''), heraldic stickers, a toy catapult and such period appurtenances as a signet ring ($19.95, 8-up ISBN 1-56138-545-X Mar.).

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