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Who Was William Shakespeare?

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Everything you need to know about Shakespeare, his life and times is put forth in this first-rate juvenile biography. Since little is known about Will Shakespeare, why waste time reading a lot of speculation? It is a marvel how Celeste Davidson Mannis creates many interesting asides in so short a space, including words and phrases that were coined by the Bard, an explanation of blank verse, what school was like, the politics of the time, big city London, and how the Globe Theatre came about. An abundance of B&W illustrations helps the reluctant reader along, but this is a worthy effort for any age reader who wants to know all there is to know about Shakespeare in a nutshell. Includes Bibliography, a timeline of Shakespeare's life, and a timeline of the world matching Shakespeare's dates.

I never thought I could get my child interested in Shakespeare, but I have. *grins* The "Who Was" series of books have all been wonderful so far. The Shakespeare book even included a great vocabulary list, which I appreciated for our homeschool lessons. We also watched the sweet cartoon "Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss" and are reading the Wishbone version of Romeo & Juliet. Haydn now recognizes and points out Shakespeare all over the place. This is a great purchase.

My 9-year-old is addicted to the "WHO WAS" series of books. They are very informative and include some pictures which make learning about historical characters, scientists, writers, etc.. fun for kids. When he went through all the ones the library carried, we turned to Amazon to start finding the rest. He can't put them down and I'll be saving them for his little brother.

Purchased as a birthday present for a 9 year old girl, this particular biography was chosen because Shakespeare was involved in a Doctor Who episode! The book did a wonderful job of adding reality to the fictional depiction used in the show -- and helped broaden her interest to the works of Shakespeare as well as making him a "real" person. The whole series of biographies was new to me, but it won't be the last purchase from the series I make. I would recommend this to any parent who children have an interest in biographies, history or any relevant person. It may not turn out to be every kid's cup of tea -- but it's an excellent starting point. And at about 5 dollars a book ..... what have you lost?

Another great book in this series. "Who was William Shakespeare", was very well written and I like how the author.
Informed the reader on what was known as well as the unknown. It does mention death and beheading, but I think it
was tastefully done. I really enjoyed the book.
A few years ago I started reading and giving a series of Classic books to my nephew. After completing that series
I found the "who was ?" series. All the people who I've shown or let read say these books are very enjoyable.

I liked Who Was William Shakespeare? and it was alright, so i recommend buying Who Was William Shakespeare? and again, it's a good one!