Mr William Shakespeares Plays

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As a teacher and a nerd, I knew about the books from this author before, but I just bought this one as a gift and my friend loved it. She was feeling overwhelmed by trying to hit the highlights on some of the less exhilarating plays and this is a great boost in motivation.

Anytime children can be exposed to the classics is a good time.

We love this book. It has been a great intro to Shakespeare for our son and a good reminder about a plays details if we forget (a kind of illustrated cliffs notes). We also are comic book fans so this was an easy way to get excited about Shakespeare and now the kids are fans too. We own the book Tales From Shakespeare and it has the same plays as this one so be careful not to order a duplicate if you have the other.

Wish there were books like this when I was studying the Bard! Makes things simpler! I recall having to plough through The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, King Lear, MacBeth, The Tempest et al in my Grammar School/Comprehensive life...and I remember very little of any of them! (Mr Denning was incredibly boring!) The CBBC productions on a Saturday morning help make them interesting and my six years old daughter says she likes them! Good resource!

I loved the concept of this book and was extremely happy with it.The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5, is that it was just a little too short - and another 2 pages extra per play would have achieved a more rounded view of the play and a 'Perfect' score (which I rarely give out on books).All in all, this is suitable for young kids, teenagers and also adults who feel they should be interested in Shakespeare but have neither the time nor the inclination to sit through an entire play or adult book - this childlike cartoon approach allows you to know the 'bones' of the story from which you can decide whether to delve deeper or not.I originally purchased this book to go with a necklace for my daughter which had a Midsummer Nights Dream quote on it of 'She may be small but she is fierce'. This is a well known quote (apparently) but it wasn't quoted in this book which was kinda my whole idea for buying it at first. However I think it's a winner regardless :-)

My 9 year and I love this book. The plays are all four pages long. Very colorful. Story easy to follow and simple. Audience reactions and pic down side are funny and shows how plays were enjoyed at the time. Great read out load. Not to heavy. Was very surprised how much my son remembered and loved Hamlet as lots of dying. My son likes to read but my husband was surprised he enjoyed Shakespeare. Great home ed tool as well. Soft back book so although A4 is easy to travel with.

Great book with plays with cartoon animations. Funny comments from audience included with cartoons

This is a great way to introduce children to Shakespearere as this is an accessible style for them to read and understand. If they don't like or enjoy a story there is always another one to move onto! The language is adapted into a style children will understand and these are great fun to read.An ideal addition for any child's library.