Books with author Charles Lawton

This retelling in prose of twenty of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays was originally published just for children. Keeping Shakespeare's own words whenever possible but making the plots and language easily understandable, this very listenable collection has entertained and informed generations of adults as well. With such classic stories as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet, and more, Shakespeare's most memorable characters come to life anew as magicians and fairies, fools and kings weave their magic, mischief, and madness. The list of 20 plays includes: The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, Much Ado about Nothing, As You Like It, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, All's Well That End Well, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night (or-What You Will), Timon of Athens, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet (Prince of Denmark), Othello, Pericles (Prince of Tyre.)

A hugely appealing story about the adventures of two wombats, Wombi and her son Tambow, kept as curiosities in a travelling circus, a long time ago. Tambow is irrepressible, full of bounce and lovable charm. One day, when Marvello's Magical Circus is travelling across a lonely moor, an accident occurs, breaking the bars on their cage. Freedom beckons. Seizing the opportunity, Tambow and his mother, Wombi, are launched on a journey full of humour and excitement, danger and dark moments, as they escape from the circus and follow their adventurous quest to return to their homeland. Swept up in the story, the reader travels with the two and delights in the unexpected conclusion.

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