Chae Strathie is an award-winning children’s author and journalist who grew up in a tiny village surrounded by a forest in Scotland, which probably explains a lot. His first attempt at professional writing was creating a Star Wars comic at the age of seven. He sold two copies and made a total of four pence. A regular at major book festivals, Chae has toured the length and breadth of the UK and visited schools as far afield as Romania, reading his stories, acting the goat and singing silly songs about worm ice cream and beard-growing. He lives in Dundee with three annoying cats and a very old goldfish called Lazarus.
<p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 0px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-family: davis, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(249, 248, 246);">Part of Nosy Crow’s list of publishing in collaboration with the British Museum, developed in consultation with some of the world’s leading experts on medieval history.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 0px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-family: davis, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(249, 248, 246);">A kid’s life in a medieval castle might sound like fun, what with all those cool battles and massive feasts, but actually life for kids could be pretty hard. In this hilarious book, written by award-winning author Chae Strathie, children will learn just how tough life really was, from getting stuck in a siege and living next to a poo-filled moat to having teeth yanked out with pliers… and even eating live blackbird pie!</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 0px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-family: davis, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(249, 248, 246);">Probably the first book about medieval times to feature talking cats and bottom burps, this is a must read for kids with a passion for horrible history!</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 1em 0px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-family: davis, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(249, 248, 246);">Brought to life with rich, humorous illustrations by super-talented Marisa Morea.</p>
