Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night appear here as illustrated retellings for children.
Conrad Mason, Rosie Dickins, Louie Stowell, Lesley Sims and Anna Claybourne each take one play and rebuild it in plain modern English, holding on to the plot, the central characters and the reason the story matters while leaving the original verse for later. Hardback covers and colour illustrations keep the books approachable, and the retellings give a child enough of the story to recognise it years afterwards.
What readers gain:
• Five Shakespeare plays retold for younger readers
• Illustrated hardback editions in a gift box
• Plain modern English in place of the original verse
• An Usborne set with five different adapters
Suited to children meeting Shakespeare for the first time and to teachers introducing the plays, published by Usborne and available at Boipoka.