A Shakespeare Story: King Lear
Shakespeare Stories for Children
$12.76
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2009
Summary
Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his honest youngest daughter and banishes his friends. As the kingdom falls apart and Lear’s humiliation turns him mad, will he finally realise what he has done? With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Chaos and Old Age in King Lear.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408305034 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408305038 |
| Author: | Andrew Matthews, Tony Ross |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Orchard Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 66g |
| Dimensions: | 192mm x 128mm x 10mm |
| Series: | A Shakespeare Story |
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One of a series of retellings for young children. Tony Ross’s illustrations add greatly to children’s appreciation and understanding.
One of a series of retellings for young children. Tony Ross’s illustrations add greatly to children’s appreciation and understanding. * Books for Keeps *
About The Author
Andrew Matthews
Andrew Matthews has written numerous books for children and teenagers, and is an internationally renowned author. He wrote King Arthur and Wolf Summer for the Orchard list, as well as a series of retellings of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. Andrew has been short-listed twice for the Smarties Award. He lives in Berkshire.
Tony Ross is one of the most highly regarded children’s book creators/illustrators in Britain. For Orchard he illustrated the Greek and Roman Myths books in the Orchard Myths range, and the hilarious One and Only series by Laurence Anholt, as well as the poetry collection Balloon Lagoon. Tony lives in Wales.
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