The Children's Shakespeare (Dove Kids') [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio Cassette)

~ William Shakespeare (Author), Jim Belushi (Narrator), Linda Hamilton (Narrator), Robert Davi (Narrator), Tate Donovan (Narrator), Bill Pullman (Narrator), Daphne Zuniga (Narrator)

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...to families who want to share their Shakespeare with children ...this book would make a good beginning. -- Commonweal --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: another daughter—for she is as changed as if she were some one else." So Petruchio won his wager, and had in Katharine always a loving wife and a true, and now he had broken her proud and angry spirit he loved her well, and there was nothing ever but love between those two. And so they lived happy ever afterwards. HAMLET. HAMLET was the only son of the King of Denmark. He loved his father and mother dearly—and was happy in the love of a sweet lady named Ophelia. Her father, Polonius, was the King's Chamberlain. While Hamlet was away studying at Wittenberg, his father died. Young Hamlet hastened home in great grief to hear that a serpent had stung the King, and that he was dead. The young prince had loved his father tenderly—so you may judge what he felt when he found that the Queen, before yet the King had been laid in the ground a month, had determined to marry again—and to marry the dead King's brother. Hamlet refused to put off his mourning for the wedding. "It is not only the black I wear on my body," he said, "that proves my loss. I wear mourning in my heart for my dead father. His son at least remembers him, and grieves still." Then said Claudius, the King's brother, "This grief is unreasonable. Of course you must sorrow at the loss of your father, but—" "Ah," said Hamlet, bitterly, "I cannot in one little month forget those I love." With that the Queen and Claudius left him, to make merry over their wedding, forgetting the poor good King who had been so kind to them both. And Hamlet, left alone, began to wonder and to question as to what he ought to do. For he could not believe the story about thesnake-bite. It seemed to him all too plain that the wicked Claudius had killed the King, so as to get the crown and marry the Queen. Yet he had no pro... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Audio Literature; Abridged edition (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787111295
• ISBN-13: 978-0787111298
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic find of understandable Shakespeare for all., November 7, 1999

By	Rita Beland (Boston,Ma) - See all my reviews

Beautifully read with passion. The stories come alive with the terrific narration and emotion. The backround music adds a special quality, and flows effortlessly with the stories. For those who never thought they could understand or appreciate The Bard don't miss out on this. This Shakespeare is easy to comprehend. It also includes many expected quotes even though it is abridged. If you want your children to be "culture literate", this is a must for any collection.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic introduction to Shakespeare for younger children, March 21, 2004

By	Bryn S Dews (Chelmsford, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Children's Shakespeare (Paperback)

I read and reread this book as a youth. The stories read much like classic fairy tales with tragedy, irony, and moral lessons. The writing is very accessible and encouraged me to seek out the full length "stories" in their original (play script) form once I was old enough (6th/7th grade) to really read them.

For a child who has a love of literature, these retellings of the great plays may start a life-long interest in Shakespeare's art (as they did for me).

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Storys, June 23, 2000

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This review is from: Children's Shakespeare (Library Binding)

This book provides lots of Shakespeare's Storys like "A Midsummer's Night Dream" and "Hamlet" with a children's fairy tale twist. The storys are the same as Shakespeare's, but easier for children to understand. My favorite story was Hamlet because I had just seen the play. A while after we read Children's Shakespeare and it helped me to understand Hamlet better.