Albert Lorenz

On his first day at a new school, John answers the librarian's questions about what his former school was like, concocting a wild story of attending classes in a castle, where the lunch menu includes worms and storybook characters come to life.

Illustrations and text provide a lighthearted look at such legendary locations and structures as the Garden of Eden, Atlantis, the Tower of Babel, Ramses's tomb, King Arthur and his Round Table, and Dracula's castle.