{"product_id":"good-masters-sweet-ladies-voices-from-a-medieval-village-9780763650940","title":"Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village","description":"\u003cb\u003eNewbery Medal Winner  Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaidens, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Amy Schlitz \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the Newbery Medal-winning \u003ci\u003eGood Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Newbery Honor Book and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eSplendors and Glooms, \u003c\/i\u003e and several other books for young readers. A teacher as well as a writer, Laura Amy Schlitz lives in Maryland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Byrd \u003c\/b\u003eteaches children's book illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He is the author-illustrator of many books, including \u003ci\u003eLeonardo: Beautiful Dreamer\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFinn Maccoul and His Fearless Wife\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Hero and the Minotaur\u003c\/i\u003e. He also illustrated Laura Amy Schlitz's first book for children, \u003ci\u003eThe Hero Schliemann, \u003c\/i\u003e about the life of a nineteenth-century amateur archaeologist. Robert Byrd lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605451772178,"sku":"9780763650940","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12e56a0f-df4f-471f-a426-a4b78ae6066a.jpg?v=1732276797","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/good-masters-sweet-ladies-voices-from-a-medieval-village-9780763650940","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}