Tales from Shakespeare

by Marcia Williams

Book Overview

With the help of Marcia Williams's signature comic-strip style, the bard's 400-year-old masterpieces come to life for a new generation of readers. Come wend your way along London's Thames River to the Globe Theatre, where seven favorite Shakespearean plays are being performed Marcia Williams brings to life Romeo and Juliet , A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest , making liberal use of Shakespeare's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763623237
• ISBN13: 9780763623234
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.8" x 12.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

High/mixed

The pages are very, very busy. Perhaps too distracting for children. But they are beautifully illustrated and retain the original feel for the language. Best for 4th-6th grades.

Introduce your child to Shakespeare!

My eight-year old daughter and I delighted in reading these seven plays together! Marcia Williams has created a colorful, imaginative, fun way to present these wonderful plays so that the young reader gains an appreciation for Shakespeare's works and an insight into the historical period in which he presented them on stage. Each page contains whimsical illustrations, in strip style, wherein the characters speak lines from the plays, as well as a clearly written storyline. My daughter expecially chuckled over the humorous but often droll comments of scampering Globe audience memberas, framing the text of every page. You'll find Will himself is there, too! The events of the plays are not suger coated, though, so the tragedies do rack up a body count and the reader encounters the famous scenes of poisonings and revenge sought by the sword.

Great Book

I thought this was a great book. I love anything by Marcia Williams. The illustrations are great and there are hillarious comments from the audience throughout the book. This is a great book for kids to enjoy and they also get the basic story line of seven of Shakespeare's most poupular plays. But most of all this book is just fun.

Great book!

I really loved this book. It was really funny and I think it is a great book for all ages. The Illustrations were great. I recommend reading all of the books by Marcia Williams. I have only read three, Joseph and the Magnificent Coat of Many Colors, The Amazing story of Noah's ark and this one, but we just ordered the one about Jonah and the whale. Buy it right now! You will love it!