Stories from Shakespeare - Softcover

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1510101454 ISBN 13: 9781510101456

Publisher: Orion Children's, 2017

Synopsis

Ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays, retold for children by multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.

From love, jealousy, greed and betrayal to mad kings, magic and murder, Geraldine McCaughrean retells some of Shakespeare's best-known stories, including Romeo and Juliet, Henry the Fifth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest.

With easy to follow prose punctuated with well-known quotations and featuring a cast list for each play, this accessible collection will delight and entertain readers of all ages.

About this title

About the Author:

Geraldine McCaughrean's novels and retellings for children have won her the CARNEGIE MEDAL, GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD, WHITBREAD AWARD and THE BEEFEATER AWARD. A prolific author who writes for all ages, she lives in Berkshire with her family.

Visit her website at www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk

From AudioFile:

Are you ready for a Shakespeare refresher? Geraldine McCaughrean, master story reteller, has taken Shakespeare's finest, including THE TEMPEST, OTHELLO, MACBETH, and HAMLET, and crafted retellings underscoring the adventure, irony, and universality contained within each tale. She punctuates her versions with famous lines from Shakespeare's original plays, creating a most satisfying package. James Wilby is the skillful and passionate storyteller whose immediacy and urgency bring the spirit of Shakespeare to the listener's ears and soul. He gives voice to hero, heroine, schemer, abettor, or fool--each as ardently as the next. A listening pleasure. A.R. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Children's
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1510101454
• ISBN 13: 9781510101456
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176