Publisher: Random House

Copyright Date: 1994

Edition Date: 1994 Release Date: 11/03/15

Illustrator: Foreman, Michael,

Pages: 564 pages

ISBN: 1-590-17931-5

ISBN 13: 978-1-590-17931-4

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2015014749

Dimensions: 23 cm.

Subject Heading:
Shakespeare, William,. 1564-1616. Stories, plots, etc. Juvenile fiction.
Shakespeare, William,. 1564-1616. Adaptations. Juvenile fiction.
Shakespeare, William,. 1564-1616. Stories, plots, etc. Fiction.
Shakespeare, William,. 1564-1616. Adaptations. Fiction.
Children's stories, English.
English stories.

Language: English

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Wilson's High School Catalog

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 4-7

Lexile: 890L

How to introduce children to Shakespeare, not just to the stories behind the plays but to the richness of Shakespeare’s language and the depth of his characters: That’s the challenge that Leon Garfield, no slouch as a wordsmith himself, sets out to meet in his monumental and utterly absorbing Shakespeare Stories. Here twenty-one of the Bard’s plays are refashioned into stories that are true to the wit, the humor, the wisdom, the sublime heights, the terrifying depths, and above all the poetry of their great originals. Throughout, Garfield skillfully weaves in Shakespeare’s own words, accustoming young readers to language and lines that might at first seem forbiddingly unfamiliar. Leon Garfield’s Shakespeare Stories is an essential distillation—a truly Shakespearean tribute to Shakespeare’s genius and a delight for children and parents alike.

Twelfth night
King Lear
The tempest
The merchant of Venice
The taming of the shrew
King Richard the second
King Henry IV. Part one
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
A midsummer night's dream
Macbeth
Much ado about nothing
Julius Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra
Measure for measure
As you like it
Cymbeline
King Richard the third
The comedy of errors
The winter's tale.