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 Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:45 am
Yesterday, the American Library Association announced the winners of children's book awards. The Newbery Award, which I tend to think of as the Oscar of children's literature, was won by a nonfiction title, which has only happened a handful of times in the 80-plus year history of the award.
The book is Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz. I read the book when I purchased it for my library, and I really enjoyed it. It was written to be used as a play, with each section being the poetic narrative of a different resident of the village, such as the lord's daughter, a squire, the girl who is forced to mind her baby brother by her hardworking mother, and so on. If you enjoy books about the Middle Ages, I strongly recommend this.
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:32 am
I've never yet read a Newberry Award-winning book that I didn't love. Really, I think winning the Newberry medal would be the greatest honor I could dream of, since I find children's literature needs an especially skilled author.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 11:14 am
What's even cooler is that I think this was her first book. She made the plays originally as part of a curriculum thing at the private school where she worked.
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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:01 am
Just a few more weeks until ALA's annual awards ceremony! (No, I'm not geeked at all.)
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