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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
Contributor(s): Schlitz, Laura Amy (Author), Byrd, Robert (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763615781     ISBN-13: 9780763615789
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
OUR PRICE:   $17.99  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2007
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating 22 unforgettable characters. Inspired by an illuminated poem from 13th-century Germany, this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England. Full color.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Medieval
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Theater & Musicals
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2003065256
Series: Where's Waldo?
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.5" W x 10.3" (1.20 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 115900
Reading Level: 5.6   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 2.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters. Winner of the Newbery Medal.

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.