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A Shakespeare Story: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Andrew Matthews author Tony Ross illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Hachette Children's Group

Published:28th Aug '03

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A Shakespeare Story: A Midsummer Night's Dream cover

This charming series gives young readers the chance to discover the magic of Shakespeare for themselves.

The perfect introduction to Shakespeare's classic play for 6-11 year-olds

The course of true love never did run smooth... A magical retelling of Hermia, Helen, Demetrius and Lysander's classic story - and of the impish fairy Puck, who meddles in their tangled web of love with hilarious consequences... With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, and Love and Magic in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.

Have you read all of The Shakespeare Stories books? Available in this series: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and King Lear.

"An excellent introduction to Shakespeare for the junior reader." The School Librarian "Andrew Matthews admirably conveys the beauty and power of the original plays. The text is full of the rhythms of spoken language and begs to be read aloud." Junior Education "The retelling of the plays is done with great individual style." The Bookseller

ISBN: 9781841213323

Dimensions: 194mm x 128mm x 12mm

Weight: 65g

64 pages