Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

Schlitz, L. A. (2007).  Good masters, sweet ladies.  Boston, MA:  Candlewick Press.  

Set in a Medieval Manor in England in 1255, Good masters! Sweet Ladies! depicts the history of a medieval village.  It is written as 20 monologue plays and 2 dialogue.  Each play consists of a character ranging from a beggar to a knight's son.  Each character has their own problems, solutions, and struggles that the overcome.  It explains how they each fit in to this time period in England.  This book has won the Newberry Honor for distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The illustrations are hand drawn using ink and pencil.  They accurately depict the medieval time period using the characters clothes, setting, and work.