Laura Amy Schlitz

Laura Amy Schlitz

Laura Amy Schlitz is an American author of children's literature. She is a librarian and storyteller at Park School in Baltimore County, Maryland.

She received the 2008 Newbery Medal for her children's book entitled "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village". Her other published books are "The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm" (2007), "A Drowned Maiden's Hair" (2006), and "The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug Up Troy" (2006).

Schlitz attended Goucher College in Towson, MD and graduated in 1977. Freshly Pressed: Recent Alumnae/i Books and CDs." Goucher Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2008, p. 33.]

"Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village"

The monologues in this book were written by Laura for the 5th Grade curriculum at The Park School. Each student performs one (or more) of these monologues while learning about the medieval ages. Laura wrote these during a FACA at Park School (see [http://www.parkschool.net The Park School's official website] for more information about FACAs).

References

External links

* [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/k12/bal-te.to.newbery15jan15,0,1008616.story Baltimore Sun Article about Newbery Award]
* [http://misserinmarie.blogspot.com/2007/11/wbbt-interview-laura-amy-schlitz.html Miss Erin Interview with Laura]
* [http://medinger.wordpress.com/category/newbery Various links to articles about Laura Amy Schlitz and the Newbery]
* [http://www.parkschool.net/more.cfm?objectid=262 The article Park School wrote about Laura winning the Newbery]
* [http://www.parkschool.net/more.cfm?objectid=144 The article Park School wrote about Laura's first two books: "A drowned Maiden's Hair", and "The Hero Schliemann"]


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