Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Book Summary Information
Author: Laura Amy SchlitzIllustrator: Robert Byrd
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-23
ISBN: 0763643327
Number of pages: 96
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Candlewick
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780763643324
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
Book Review: The recorded version is superb!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a children's librarian, I try to keep up with the lastest award-winning literature. This book won the Newbery in 2008 and I am just now getting around to reading it because the book's description didn't appeal to me initially. What a wonderful surprise to discover a book with wonderful stories interspersed with valuable and interesting tidbits of information about life in a medieval village. If you want a real treat, listen to the audio version produced by Recorded Books. It is truly superb!
Summary of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.Maidens, monks, and millers' sons - in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant's daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There's also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd - inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany - this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.
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