Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village | 
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| Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Creator: Robert Byrd
Brand: CANDLEWICK PRESS
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 13725
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.2 x 0.6
MPN: ISBN9780763615789
ISBN: 0763615781
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.6
EAN: 9780763615789
ASIN: 0763615781
Publication Date: July 24, 2007
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Maidens, monks, and millers sons -- in these pages, readers will meet them all. Theres Hugo, the lords nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasants daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. Theres 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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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! --Hear ye, hear ye... October 24, 2008
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
These books arrived in EXCELLENT condition, and very timely at that.
Good service is still the word of the day.
Thanks.
 Guided Reading in Places September 14, 2008
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When a book appears on the same Newbery Award shelf as: The Island of the Blue Dolphins, Julie of the Wolves, Number the Stars, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Sounder and and other classics, one sits up and takes notice because it means the best in children's literature. This recent addition to the honour roll, made up of narrative poems reminiscent of The Canterbury Tales, gives the young reader a real sense of what daily life was like in the Middle Ages. A word of caution, however, to those simply expecting children to pick this book off the shelf and read it, independently of any adult guidance.I suspect that most children will find the text,notwithstanding the excellent illustrations, rather bewildering in places. Some of the monologues deal with complex topics that will require some adult guidance to guarantee comprehension. For example, in the story told by Simon, the Knight's son, the Crusades are mentioned, which are a key to understanding his story. To familiarize the young reader with this intricate historical episode, the book provides a two page summary of the Crusades crammed with many facts and more in the margins. These summaries have been inserted beside the half-dozen selections dealing with the more difficult topics, but may serve to further confuse the reader with fact overload. Topics like the Christian attitudes toward the Jews, Pilgrimages, the Crusades, and Feudal customs, call for some direct teaching and/or guided research to assure comprehension. In short, they will need to be explained to most children. Many of the narratives, however, can be read independently. The stories in this fine piece of historical fiction are the right stuff for engaging reader's theatre.
Truly excellent! August 27, 2008
Winner of the 2008 Newberry Medal, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! was actually written to be performed. Laura Amy Schlitz has written here a series of interconnected monologues and dialogues which, taken together, depict the life of kids of all kinds in a medieval village. There's the Falconer's Son, the Blacksmith's Daughter, the runaway villein, the Young Lord, The Pilgrim and The Sniggler, all of whom help complete the picture.
Brilliant! July 1, 2008
The reviewers have covered it all, but such a truly great book deserves ongoing praise. How nice to see that this jewel of a book won the Newbery! Standing ovation from this reader.
Charming! June 13, 2008
A wonderful book from a wonderful person. This is especially good for lower- and middle-schoolers. Quite usable for in-school performances.
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