Good Masters! Sweet Ladies is a set of monologues and dialogues composed to help students understand the medieval times. The book was written by a librarian at Park School for his student there to perform. The students at Park School were in the middle of a lesson where they were studying time era. The students were baking bread, composing music and creating miniature castles; but the librarian wanted them to perform something. The characters in the play are from different backgrounds and ages. Some are the children of the nobility and some are the children of paupers, but they all know one another since they live in the same manor. The story is set in the 1255 and is written in modern United States English and not the King's English. The monologues are not are easy to be read by any student and can easily be remembered. The story is more of a realistic fiction because of the time period in which it takes place. This book is also the recipient of the 2008 Newberry Medal for excellence in children's literature.
A book trailer can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6rVF_J6pyw
Teachers can find ideas on how to incorporate this book in their lesson at http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763615781.btg.1.pdf
Readers also enjoyed Dobry written by Monica Shannon and Roller Skates written by Ruth Sawyer
Other books written by the author include Splendors and Glooms and The Night Fairy
Schlitz, L. A., & Byrd, R. (2007). Good masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a medieval village. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
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