Hear, Hear, Mr. Shakespeare: Story, Illustrations, and Selections from Shakespeare's Plays - Hardcover

Koscielniak, Bruce

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9780395874950: Hear, Hear, Mr. Shakespeare: Story, Illustrations, and Selections from Shakespeare's Plays

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ISBN 10: 0395874955 ISBN 13: 9780395874950

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998

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An introduction to Shakespeare finds the English poet and playwright approached by a merry troupe of players seeking a lively new play to perform for the queen.

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About the Author:

Bruce Koscielniak is the author and illustrator of several books for children; he is also a musician who has played the violin and jazz guitar for many years. He lives in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-4AWhat a jolly introduction to the Bard. Will Shakespeare is working in his garden in Stratford when a troupe of players comes into town. A rainstorm hits and part of their script is washed out so Shakespeare must create a new comedy on the spot. As he finishes, the Queen just happens to pass through the village in her royal coach to see if the playwright has any new plays to take to London. She approves the new work and all is well. Visually, this is a very appealing creation, and there's a lot going on in these busy pages. As seen in Koscielniak's ink-and-watercolor drawings, Mr. Shakespeare is a friendly guy, the players cavort in a variety of homemade costumes, and bugs and animals stroll by the roadside and chime in with appropriate quotes. Hand done by the author, even the lettering is inviting. The sometimes awkward text, set off in boxes, is the weakest element in the melange that includes many fitting short quotes from the plays (identified by play, act, and scene) and several helpful explanations and definitions. Since only the barest outline of Shakespeare's life is recorded history (most of which is hand lettered onto the attractive endpapers along with a complete play list), such highly unlikely imaginings just dance around the facts. Nonetheless, pleasurable first experiences such as this may help to ward off defensive reactions when the plays are seen or studied later.ASally Margolis, Barton Public Library, VT
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