books by Laura Amy Schlitz

books by Laura Amy Schlitz

books:

Laura Amy Schlitz

The Hero Schliemann
Laura Amy/ Byrd, Robert (ILT) Schlitz

Candlewick Pr, 2006

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Laura Amy Schlitz

Candlewick Press, 2007

Brilliant!
The reviewers have covered it all, but such a truly great book deserves ongoing praise. How nice to see that this jewel of a book won the Newbery! Standing ovation from this reader.

The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug For Troy

Laura Amy Schlitz

Candlewick, 2006

What a Find
This is first and foremost a good story, well told, with a style lively and lucid enough to engage all readers, not just kids. It is well-researched, well-documented and just plain captivating. Both text and illustrations (Robert Byrd)have a gentle humor that almost ...

A Drowned Maiden's Hair [Unabridged]
Laura Amy Schlitz

Recorded Books, LLC, 2007

Lonely and Unloved, 11 year=old Maud faces endless confinement behind the cold walls of New England orphange. And then, as if in a dream, the impertinent troublemaker find herself in a stately mansion, wearing the firest dresses and best food, being showered with attention. 8 cd set

The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm

Candlewick, 2007

You'll never walk alone
For the reviewer that reviews for pleasure, every book that sits on your lap has to prove itself to some extent. Even the world's shortest picture book is an exercise in retaining both a child's and an adult's interest. Let us pinpoint, then, the precise moment when ...

A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama

Laura Amy Schlitz

Candlewick, 2008

Wonderful
I picked up this novel by chance based on other reviews I'd read and I'm glad to say that I wasn't disappointed. A Drowned Maidens Hair is reminiscent of L.M. Montgomery's indomitable Anne with an E. as well as, Frances Hodgson Burnett's long neglected garden girl. But ...