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A classic retelling of major Shakespearean plays. Although to author Edith Nesbit (author of Railway Children and Five Children and It), the stories are the "least part of Shakespeare, she wrote this volume to introduce Shakespeare to her own children. Eleven plays are rewritten in an appealing and understandable manner in about 10 pages or less each: The Winter's Tale; Romeo & Juliet; The Tempest; A Midsummer's Night Dream; King Lear; Cymbeline; The Taming of the Shrew; Hamlet; Twelfth Night; As You Like It; and Pericles. The stories are a lovely blend of Nesbit's voice and also maintaining the Shakespearean tone and feel. For example, Petruchio greets Kate with, "Good-morrow, Kate, and tells her he must marry her. She responds by yelling and saying, Nesbit retorts, "some extremely disagreeable things to him, and, I am sorry to say, ended by boxing his ears. Plays chosen are more "kid friendly and difficult-for-kids passages are presented discretely and matter-of-factly without aggrandizing them. 6 x 9, 117 pp, sc. ~ Ruth
Publisher's Description of Children's Shakespeare
As a writer, E. Nesbit understood that the stories are the least part of Shakespeare, but as a mother she also understood the need for simplicity. Envisioning this simplified introduction to works such as The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew -- eleven plays in all -- E. Nesbit set out to make them more accessible to young readers without sacrificing any essential elements. For if the stories were stripped of their wit and humor, of their emotion, the children would be no more entertained by them than by the indecipherable originals. In the end, under E. Nesbit's gifted pen, these stories emerge with all the charm and grace of the very best fairy tales. Written in thoroughly modern English and each no more than ten pages in length, the eleven plays featured in this volume afford children the opportunity to discover for themselves the magic of Shakespeare.
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My older son likes Shakespeare. We checked out this book from the library and he read it every day. I've read that Edith Nesbit is a great author.
My older son likes Shakespeare. We checked out this book from the library and he read it every day. I've read that Edith Nesbit is a great author.
I want to introduce my children to Shakespeare.