This is a collection of essays about how Shakespeare and his plays are increasingly being used as a means of furthering literacy, language arts, creative and dramatic learning for children in and out of the classroom. It is divided into three sections comprising essays by well-known children's book authors, literary scholars and teachers, who approach the subject from a wide range of perspectives.
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...a rich collection of informative essays on how Shakespeare can be and has been reimagined for children. This collection has something for everyone interested in the adaptation of Shakespeare for children, whether a writer, an academic or a practitioner. Highly recommended.
–A.F. Winstead, Our Lady of the Lake UniversityChoice, Sept. 2003
–A.F. Winstead, Our Lady of the Lake UniversityChoice, Sept. 2003
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New York, William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Harry Potter, Mama Day, Bruce Coville, Lewis Carroll, Globe Theatre, Oxford University Press, Lois Burdett, Twelfth Night, Leon Garfield, Love's Labour's Lost, Marcia Williams, Julius Caesar, Firefly Books, Houghton Mifflin, King of Shadows, The Shakespeare Stealer, Cambridge University Press, Shakespeare Steps Out, Titus Andronicus, Will Shakespeare, Baz Luhrmann New!
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"What's in a name?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
moss gown, storybook format, script card, cumulative tale, textual indeterminacy, double toil Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Harry Potter, Mama Day, Bruce Coville, Lewis Carroll, Globe Theatre, Oxford University Press, Lois Burdett, Twelfth Night, Leon Garfield, Love's Labour's Lost, Marcia Williams, Julius Caesar, Firefly Books, Houghton Mifflin, King of Shadows, The Shakespeare Stealer, Cambridge University Press, Shakespeare Steps Out, Titus Andronicus, Will Shakespeare, Baz Luhrmann New!
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- Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Readers, Level 3) by William Shakespeare on 38 pages
- Romeo And Juliet (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Saddleback Classics) by William Shakespeare on 38 pages
- Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on 15 pages
- Tales from Shakespeare by Charles on 14 pages
- Stories from Shakespeare by Marchette Chute on 11 pages
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- Childhood and Children's Books in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1800 (Children's Literature and Culture) by Andrea Immel in Front Matter
- Voracious Children: Who Eats Whom in Children's Literature (Children's Literature and Culture) by Carolyn Daniel in Index
- Twice-Told Children's Tales: The Influence of Childhood Reading on Writers for Adults (Children's Literature and Culture) by Betty Greenway in Back Matter
- A Past Without Shadow (Children's Literature and Culture) by Zohar Shavit in Front Matter
- Lewis Carroll And The Victorian Theatre: Theatricals In A Quiet Life (Nineteenth Century) by Richard Foulkes in Back Matter
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