Based on a Medieval Book of Hours, this book describes the monthly activities of rural peasants in England during the Middle Ages. Rhyming couplets banner the top of each page while a paragraph for each month elaborates on the daily chores, showing the round of seasons in the farm year.

Related: England (UK), Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780689800207
• Author: Nikola-Lisa, W.
• Illustrator: Manson, Christopher
• Published: 1997, Atheneum
• Themes: custom, Farm, farmer, Middle Ages, season, social life
• Descriptors: England (UK), Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32