Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
My teacher, Ms Edinger was on the Newbery committee this year, and she wanted us to read the book that won. So everyone in our class chose one of the 21 poems in the book, and read it in school. This is a recording of me reading the first poem in the book, Hugo: The Lord’s Nephew.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Thanks for reading Hugo’s words. I like him because he was kind to Taggot, but he seems like a different person in that poem than he does when he talks about himself. Do you think it would be good to live back then? I’m glad that I live now, and that no one has to go hunting to prove anything. My son works in a college, and it makes me feel scared to think about him risking his life doing anything. I want my children safe– but they didn’t seem to care so much about that in medieval times. Carol
(A member of the 2008 Newbery Committee)
PS Did you know, I had to go look up how to spell medieval before I could send this. I make awful typos all the time, but when I know I don’t know how to spell something it’s worse. Please don’t pay attention to grammar or spelling though. I’m just typing as fast as I can!)
March 7th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
This was great to listen to. Thank you.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I greatly enjoyed your reading of Hugo’s hunt poem. It really gives one a sense of the sights, sounds, and smells of the hunt — certainly not for the faint of heart! Can you imagine such a hunt being a familiar part of your life? The boar hunt must have been an important part of Hugo’s culture, and your reading really brought that to life for me.
Thanks so much!