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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2016 | Elementary
Gr 2–6—In an attractive arrangement, this volume presents four comedies and three tragedies by William Shakespeare in short story format. The text, by the late British author Nesbit, retells the basic plots of the plays in a gentle, fairy-tale style. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet are still full of conflict and death, but the details are softened for the audience. At the beginning o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
Biography and timeline by Mariah Fredericks. Foreword by John Lithgow. This collection of seven Shakespeare plays compellingly retold in prose by beloved children's book author E. Nes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
