Medieval Life and Times
Preschool -
School Age
Preschool
Anno, Mitsumasa E.
Anno’s Medieval world. Anno 1980.
Discusses how medieval people viewed the world before it was widely understood
and accepted that the world is round and rotates around the sun.
Carle, Eric E.
Walter the baker. Carle 1995.
By order of the Duke, Walter the baker must invent a tasty roll through
which the rising sun can shine three times.
Ehlert, Lois E.
Market day: a story told with art. Ehlert 2000.
On market day, a farm family experiences all the fun and excitement of going
to and from the farmers' market.
Martin, David E.
Five little piggies. Martin 1998.
The lines of a familiar nursery rhyme are expanded into stories about the
activies of a family of pigs.
Miranda, Anne E.
To market, To market. Miranda 1997.
Starting with the nursery rhyme about buying a fat pig at market, this tale goes
on to describe a series of unruly animals that run amok, evading capture and
preventing the narrator from cooking lunch.
Aliki
A Medieval feast. J394.15 Aliki 1983.
Describes the preparation and celebration of a medieval feast held at an English
manor house entertaining royal guests.
School Age
Graham, Harriet J.
A Boy and his bear. Graham 1996.
Dickon rescues his bear cub friend from certain death at the hands of bear
catchers in Medieval England. Told in part from the point of view of the cub.
Love, D. Anne.
The Puppeteer’s apprentice. J Love 2003.
A medieval orphan girl called Mouse gains the courage she needs to follow her
dreams of becoming a puppeteer's apprentice.
Yolen, Jane.
Mightier than the sword: world folktales for strong boys. J398.2
Yolen 2003.
A collection of folktales from around the world which demonstrate the triumph of
brains over brawn.
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Favorite medieval tales. J398.2094 Osborne 1998.
A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including "Beowulf," "The
Sword in the Stone," "The Song of Roland," and "Gudren and the Island of the
Lost Children."
Carlson, Laurie M.
Days of knights and damsels: an activity guide. J745.5 Carlson 1998.
More than 100 illustrated crafts, projects, and games help recreate the culture
and world of the Middle Ages, when books were handmade and read by candlelight,
sundials told the hour, and going barefoot was illegal.
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse.
The Sailor who captured the sea: a story of the book of Kells. J745.6709
Lattimo 1991.
A sailor continues the work of others in creating the illuminated Book of Kells.
Summer 2005
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