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Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare
Series: Illustrated Story Collections
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A wonderful collection of six retellings of William Shakespeare's best-loved plays -- a perfect mix of comedy, tragedy, magic and romance, retold for younger readers. Full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme.Age 7+ The stories of six of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, beautifully retold...
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See moreA wonderful collection of six of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, including Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest as well as a short biography of the bard himself.
Description
A wonderful collection of six retellings of William Shakespeare's best-loved plays -- a perfect mix of comedy, tragedy, magic and romance, retold for younger readers. Full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme.Age 7+
The stories of six of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, beautifully retold and illustrated for children growing in reading confidence. Includes Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest as well as a short biography of the bard himself. Each story is introduced with a summary and pictures of the characters. With internet links to websites where children can listen to extracts from the plays and find out more about William Shakespeare.
Chapters in this book include:
- Twelfth Night
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Tempest
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Macbeth
- Hamlet
- The Life and Times of William Shakespeare
The stories of six of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, beautifully retold and illustrated for children growing in reading confidence. Includes Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest as well as a short biography of the bard himself. Each story is introduced with a summary and pictures of the characters. With internet links to websites where children can listen to extracts from the plays and find out more about William Shakespeare.
Chapters in this book include:
- Twelfth Night
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Tempest
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Macbeth
- Hamlet
- The Life and Times of William Shakespeare
Product Details
INFORMATION
Barcode: 9781409522232
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 29 October 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Various
- Illustrated by Various
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Length: 42.0mm
Width: 160.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 1080g
Pages: 416
Series: Illustrated Story Collections
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Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio.
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