Author(s): Laura Amy Schlitz,Robert Byrd
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 85
Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Language: English
Date Published: 2007-08-01
Dimensions: 182 x 264 x 16mm
Publication City/Country: Massachusetts, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified
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.
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 85
Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Language: English
Date Published: 2007-08-01
Dimensions: 182 x 264 x 16mm
Publication City/Country: Massachusetts, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified
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.
Book Info | |
Author | Laura Amy Schlitz, Robert Byrd |
Date Published | 2007-08-01 |
Dimensions | 182 x 264 x 16mm |
First Author | Laura Amy Schlitz |
Format | Hardback |
Illustrations | Illustrations, unspecified |
ISBN | 9780763615789 |
Language | English |
No. of Pages | 85 |
Publication City/Country | Massachusetts, United States |
Publisher | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From
- Laura Amy Schlitz
- Hardback
- Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
- ISBN: 9780763615789
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