Twenty Shakespeare Children's Stories: The Complete Collection: Box Set

by Macaw Books, William Shakespeare

A complete set of 20 stories by our favourite playwright, William Shakespeare - an excellent way to introduce young readers to these classic. These beautifully illustrated books have been thoughtfully narrated and simplified for an easy read. Children will love these and they are d to captivate them and help develop their reading skills. This set The Winters Tale, Alls Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Cymbeline King of Britain, Julius Caesar, King Lear, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello The Moor of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Timon of Athens, Twelfth Night, Hamlet Prince of Denmark, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew

1280 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 2012

Reviews

[Andrea Renfrow · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection is a fantastic way to introduce your budding reader to Shakespeare. We spent the better part of fall and winter reading them out loud, studying Shakespeare and his theatre, and learning about Queen Elizabeth and her adoration for the Bard's plays.

[Savannah Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Teodora Leon]

At one point in our life everybody needs to read some of Shakespeare’s most famous and greatest plays. His original stories, though, can sometimes be difficult to be understood by young readers especially. But recently I’ve come across a delightful selection of 20 plays by Shakespeare, which is exactly what children of all ages need.
Each book has a short summary on the back cover, which is really useful because children can find out what the plot is about. At the beginning of every single play, the main characters are shortly described, giving the readers an idea about their part in the story and their relationships with other characters. Moreover, the font size of the letters is appropriate to the needs of a child, the black-and-white pictures are well designed and the accessible plot always focuses on the most important events. The children will surely enjoy the amusing twist of events with the mistaken identities, which are frequently met in comedies. Perhaps some of them will be a little bit confusing (the best example would probably be The Comedy of Errors), but, if we think of the title, this may be just the point. In the end, no story leaves any ambiguity behind. Also, when it comes to tragedies like Hamlet or Macbeth, the deaths of most of the characters won’t affect the readers, as the dramatic moments are appropriately depicted for them. Children will find the books easy to read. Once they finish a story, they will want to go to the next one and, when they grow up, they will go directly to the original play.
It may have been more like a flick through the pages for me, but the younger readers of this amazing collection, besides developing their reading skills, will find a lot of entertainment and fall in love with the brilliant work of Shakespeare.
Here you have the complete review of the collection: http://teodoraleon.blogspot.ro/2016/0...

[Emily Geddes]

Our next read-aloud series with the boys. I've been wanting to introduce them to some more of the real classics in literature and when this was on sale at Amazon for a ridiculously low price I figured it was worth a shot. We're working our way through one or two a day, so at this pace we'll have them done in another week or so.

The next step will be getting them into the actual Shakespearean language, finding screen or stage adaptations they can understand and enjoy.

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great collection for children and basically even adults if they just want to brush up on the basic stories of Shakespeare. The plot, characters, an important aspect of each story by Shakespeare’s well maintained in a very general and simplistic language.