Middle+Ages

Middle Ages is a 4th grade unit @ BCSIS

[|Women in medieval times] Author: Macdonald, Fiona Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books Pub Date: 2000 Lexile: 990 Nonfiction The other half of history Summary: Describes the life of women during //**medieval**////**times**//, such as their role as wives and mothers, education, and religious beliefs and profiles women who gained political or religious power.

[|Damsels not in distress: the true story of women in medieval times] Author: Hopkins, Andrea Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group Nonfiction The library of the Middle Ages Summary: Explores the roles played by women of various classes in //**medieval**// society, in the nobility, in the church, and in daily life and work. [|Charlemagne: the life and times of an early Medieval emperor] Author: Bhote, Tehmina Publisher: Rosen Central Pub Date: 2005 Nonfiction Leaders of the Middle Ages Summary: Discusses the life and reign of Charlemagne, king of the Franks, ruler of a united Western Europe.

[|Medieval feasts and banquets: food, drink, and celebration in the Middle Ages] Author: Bhote, Tehmina Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group Pub Date: 2004 Nonfiction The library of the Middle Ages Summary: Examines the role of food during //**medieval**////**times**//, discussing how it was prepared, shared, and used in society. [|A history of fashion and costume: the medieval world] Author: Steele, Philip, 1948- Publisher: Facts on File Pub Date: 2005 Nonfiction Summary: Provides a history of fashion during //**Medieval**////**times**//. [|Matilda Bone] Author: Cushman, Karen Publisher: Clarion Books Pub Date: 2000 Lexile: 850 Fiction, highly recommended Summary: Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in a village in //**medieval**// England, tries to reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and practical.

[|Death and disease] Author: Woolf, Alex, 1964- Publisher: Lucent Books Pub Date: 2004 Nonfiction Medieval realms Summary: Describes the way that death and disease were treated in //**medieval**////**times**//, and the changes that took place.

[|The story of a main street] Author: Goodall, John S., 1908- Publisher: M. K. McElderry Books Fiction Summary: Colorful full and split-page illustrations trace "the evolution of an English main street from //**medieval**////**times**// through the Elizabethan, Restoration, Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian periods to the present.".

[|Dragon: hound of honor] Author: Edwards, Julie, 1935- Publisher: Harper Collins Pub Date: 2004 Fiction for animal lovers Summary: In //**medieval**// France, an Irish wolfhound helps solve the murder of his master, the beloved son of the Count de Montdidier and leader of the Royal Bodyguard in the court of Charles V.

[|Fortune's fool] Author: Karr, Kathleen Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub Date: 2008 Lexile: 740 Fiction Summary: In //**medieval**// Germany, fifteen-year-old Conrad, a court jester, and his beloved Christa, a servant girl, escape from a cruel master and journey through the countryside on a quest to find a kind lord who will give them sanctuary.

[|The travels of Benjamin of Tudela: through three continents in the twelfth century] Author: Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pub Date: 2005 Lexile: 920 Fiction Summary: A fictionalized account of the travels of Benjamin, a Jewish man from Tudela, Spain, who, in 1159, set out on a fourteen-year-long journey that took him to Italy, Greece, Palestine, Persia, China, Egypt, and Sicily.

[|Run far, run fast] Author: Decker, Timothy Publisher: Front Street Pub Date: 2007 Fiction Summary: When the plague comes to her //**medieval**// town, a young girl must flee to find sanctuary.

[|The puppeteer's apprentice] Author: Love, D. Anne Publisher: M.K. McElderry Books Pub Date: 2003 Lexile: 760 Fiction Summary: A //**medieval**// orphan girl called Mouse gains the courage she needs to follow her dreams of becoming a puppeteer's apprentice.

[|The battle for the castle] Author: Winthrop, Elizabeth Publisher: Holiday House Pub Date: 1993 Lexile: 700 [|[view chart]] Popularity: Older Kids Fiction ISBN: NoveList Best Summary: Twelve-year-old William uses the magic token to return, through the toy castle in his attic, to the //**medieval**// land of Sir Simon, which is now menaced by a skeleton ship bearing a plague of ravenous rats.