DESCRIPTION
In the Newbery Medal Winner, 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. A GREAT addition to any homeschool or school unit about medieval life.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
- Newbery Medal Winner, 2008
- Parents Choice Gold Award Winner, 2008
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Nominee, 2009
- Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended Ten to Fourteen, 2008
- Cybils Finalist, 2007
DETAILS
- Good Masters, Sweet Ladies: Voices From A Medieval Village
- Written by Laura Amy Schlitz and illustrated by Robert Byrd.
- Published by Candlewick Press, July 24, 2007 (Hardcover) and September 13, 2011 (Softcover).
- Ages 10 to 13 years
- 0.33" H x 9.06" L x 6.32" W (0.29 lbs) 96 pages (softcover) and 0.6" H x 10.3" L x 7.5" W (1.2 lbs) 85 pages (hardcover)
- Softcover is grayscale and hardcover is full color.
