Tales from Shakespeare
New York : Scholastic Press, [2004]
Format: Book
Description: 192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
A collection of prose retellings of ten familiar Shakespeare plays, each illustrated by a well-known artist or artists. What does it mean to be alive? William Shakespeare spent a lifetime writing about that most essential question. Four hundred years later, we are still awed, amused, and inspired by his answers. In Tales from Shakespeare, ten of the Bard₂s most popular and powerful works are retold as stories rich in Shakespearean wit and wisdom, and brilliantly illustrated by award-winning artists.
Contents:
A midsummer night's dream / illustrated by Gail de Marcken -- Hamlet / illustrated by P.J. Lynch -- Much ado about nothing / illustrated by Mary GrandPrʹe -- King Lear / illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon -- As you like it / illustrated by Barbara McClintock -- The Tempest / illustrated by Mark Teague -- Othello / illustrated by Kadir Nelson -- Romeo and Juliet / illustrated by David Shannon -- Twelfth night / illustrated by Chesley McLaren.
Target Audience: 770L
ISBN:
0439321077
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C PERFORMING ARTS Theater Shakespeare Pac | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |