A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare Stories for Children (A Shakespeare Story) - Softcover

Andrew Matthews; William Shakespeare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841213322 ISBN 13: 9781841213323

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2003

Synopsis

The course of true love never did run smooth... A magical retelling of Hermia, Helen, Demetrius and Lysander's classic story - and of the impish fairy Puck, who meddles in their tangled web of love with hilarious consequences... With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, and Love and Magic in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.

About this title

Review:

"An excellent introduction to Shakespeare for the junior reader." The School Librarian "Andrew Matthews admirably conveys the beauty and power of the original plays. The text is full of the rhythms of spoken language and begs to be read aloud." Junior Education "The retelling of the plays is done with great individual style." The Bookseller

Book Description:

The perfect introduction to Shakespeare's classic play for 6-11 year-olds

About this edition

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1841213322
• ISBN 13: 9781841213323
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Tony Ross