William Shakespeare : The Master Playwright - Softcover

Middleton, Haydn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199104387 ISBN 13: 9780199104383

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1997

Synopsis

A wonderful new series of well-told, beautifully illustrated biographies with dramatic, evocative illustrations on every page. Each book tells the story of a remarkable person from the past, whose name and achievements have lived on far beyond their own time.
Lively, narrative text by skilled storytellers
Colourful, picturebook style artwork will stimulate the imagination and linger in the memory
International range of characters
Each has a timeline and index for easy reference
The biographies link in with National Curriculum KS1 and KS2
Young children love a good story. What better way to introduce them to the giants of our past than through these delightful books?
The titles in the series have been chosen to cover a wide range of characters and to have both national and international appeal.

About this title

About the Author:

Haydn Middleton is the author of a number of books, both those aimed at children and several fascinating novels of modern British fiction.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-This British import breaks no new ground. In 18 heavily illustrated pages, most of what is known of Shakespeare's life is touched on chronologically with brief glimpses of the Elizabethan theatre and court life. A few of the major plays are described. While the full-color drawings do provide some useful architectural detail, especially of the Globe, they are cluttered and have a textbook look. The information is accurate and the text is friendly if undistinguished. Working with the same severely limited number of facts available to all biographers of Shakespeare, Middleton has chosen to fictionalize to fill in some gaps. In Bard of Avon (Morrow, 1992), still the benchmark Shakespeare biography for young readers, Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema used the scarcity of information to explain how scholars work. In so doing, they created a much more interesting book.
Sally Margolis, Barton Public Library, VT
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0199104387
• ISBN 13: 9780199104383
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ball Gerry