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Middle Ages

Good masters! Sweet ladies

Robert Byrd, Laura Amy Schlitz

A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor

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Karen Cushman

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The Puppeteer's Apprentice

D. Anne Love

A medieval orphan girl called Mouse gains the courage she needs to follow her dreams of becoming a puppeteer's apprentice.

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Feudalism, Lords, and Vassals

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The Age of Knights and Castles

Brian Williams

Easy-to-read text and color illustrations examine the time of knights and castles.

940.1
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Happily Ever After

Anna Quindlen, James Stevenson

When a girl who loves to read fairy tales is transported back to medieval times, she finds that the life of a princess in a castle is less fun than she imagined.

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Knights of the Round Table

Gwen Gross

Retells the exploits of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.

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The Medieval World

Mike Corbishley

Surveys the known world between 450 and 1500. Discusses Buddhism, Islam, Vikings, the Crusades, plague, medieval towns, and more.

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