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Can anyone recommend a "Stories from Shakespeare" book please?

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Cadelaide · 02/07/2009 10:18

DCs are 8 and 10.

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LadyGlencoraPalliser · 02/07/2009 10:28

I haven't read Geraldine McCaughrean's version but she is normally very reliable.

Cadelaide · 02/07/2009 10:34

thanks, I think I'll go for that one

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JeffVadar · 02/07/2009 10:35

Leon Garfield did a couple I think - with lovely illustrations by Michael Foreman.

Cadelaide · 02/07/2009 10:53

Ah, right, back to amazon.......

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Cadelaide · 02/07/2009 10:55

Hmmm, think I'm going to have to go for both!

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misshardbroom · 22/07/2009 11:37

Red House have an offer at the moment for a full set. Not sure what sort of reading age though.

librarymice · 22/07/2009 16:03

My favourites remain Marcia Williams' versions. The format is similar to a comic but with beautiful illustrations. I use them in secondary school for those who find it hard to access the original text.

Goblinchild · 22/07/2009 16:46

Leon Garfield.
Have you considered 'The Animated Shakespeare' on DVD? Short, around 20/25 mins long but using an abridged original text.

shigella92 · 23/07/2009 15:28

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monkeyfeathers · 24/07/2009 14:49

There's a British publishing house that does a 'Manga Shakespeare' line. It's basically the (abridged) plays adapted as comic books. I'm not sure what plays have been adapted so far though.

Goblinchild · 24/07/2009 14:53

Do you mean Salariya books?
I know they've done Julius Caesar and Macbeth as affordable graphic novels. Good footnotes and extra info as well.

mollyroger · 24/07/2009 15:03

this is the range i bought for my 2 boys who were 7 and 10

monkeyfeathers · 24/07/2009 16:12

I mean the Manga Shakespeare books published by Self Made Hero. It looks like they've done quite a few.

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