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.