Hamlet - A Shakespeare Story

Zusatztext Short! brisk! highly readable retellings which make good sense as stories in their own right. As such! they will readily persuade the junior school age-group that Shakespeare himself has lively stories to tell. These little books can be warmly recommended as a first introduction to Shakespeare. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Tony Ross was born in London and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. He has worked as a cartoonist, a graphic designer, as the Art Director of an advertising agency, and as Senior Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic. Tony is one of the most popular and successful children's illustrators of all time, best known for illustrating Horrid Henry and the works of David Walliams. Tony's books have been translated into 40 languages in over 100 countries. He lives in Macclesfield. Klappentext Murder most foul... An action-packed retelling of Shakespeare's dark tale of revenge and murder. With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe theatre and Love and Death in Anthony and Cleopatra. 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. Zusammenfassung The perfect introduction to Shakespeare's classic play for 6-11 year-olds

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Matthews, Matthews Andrew, Tony Ross, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Tony Ross (Illustration), Ross Tony (Illustration)
• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2003
• EAN: 9781841213408
• ISBN: 978-1-84121-340-8
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Orchard classics; Shakespeare Stories; Shakespeare Stories; Orchard classics; A Shakespeare Story; A Shakespeare Story
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / General, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, For primary education, Interest age: from c 6 years, School editions of Shakespeare