Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village - SIGNED

Laura Amy Schiltz

ISBN 10: 0763615781 / ISBN 13: 9780763615789

Published by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007

About this Item

SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. 85 pages of "riveting portraits" of people of a medieval village. Illustrated with beautiful full-color drawings. Winner of the John Newman Medal. Seller Inventory # 107587

Bibliographic Details

Title: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a ...

Publisher: Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Robert Byrd

Condition: Very Good +

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +

Signed: SIGNED BY AUTHOR

Edition: Stated First Edition.

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

Review:

Schlitz is a talented storyteller. Her language is forceful, and learning slips in on the sly.
--The New York Times

Bolstered by lively asides and unobtrusive notes, and illuminated by Byrd's stunningly atmospheric watercolors, [the monologues] bring to life a prototypical English village in 1255.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Brilliant in every way.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Outstanding.
--School Library Journal (starred review)

A vivid, convincing portrait of medieval adolescence.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

A rewarding choice for performance or for reading aloud in the classroom.
--Booklist (starred review)