Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781510101456
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Orion Children's Books
Vekt
157 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, J, 01, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176
Forfatter
Biographical note
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
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.
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Ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays, retold for children by multi-award winning author Geraldine McCaughrean, and reissued to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
Murderers, mad kings, mistaken identities, shipwrecks, soldiers, swordfights, ghosts, witches and feuds, they're all here in stories to haunt, delight and sometimes chill you to the bone. These stirring retellings of ten of the best-known plays are a brilliant way to discover Shakespeare, with ingenious use of quotations from the play to make them even more vivid.Romeo and Juliet, Henry the Fifth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and The Tempest.
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The contents are not only a pleasing translation, as it were, but written with the hallmarks of a craftsman: skilful simplicity and a well trained eye for the telling phrase. - Theatre Magazine
The contents are not only a pleasing translation, as it were, but written with the hallmarks of a craftsman: skilful simplicity and a well trained eye for the telling phrase. - Theatre Magazine
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781510101456
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Orion Children's Books
Vekt
157 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, J, 01, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176
Forfatter
Biographical note
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