Books in Tales from Shakespear Series series

Hamlet is miserable after the death of his father, but when the ghost of his father appears and reveals that he was murdered, Hamlet decides to seek his revenge... Will he succeed? A tragic tale of deceit and revenge. Combining modern-day English with stunning illustrations, QEB's Tales from Shakespeare bring the Bard's popular plays to life. Lively and easy-to-read, they are sure to capture your imagination!

Fourteen lessons have students analyze the play scene by scene while role-playing and dramatizing selected sections, focus on Shakespeare's imagery and figurative language, use graphic organizers to analyze characters and themes, conduct Internet research, compose journalistic writing, and critically view a film adaptation of the play. Grades 6-12. (CFL357)

Julius Caesar, a powerful and respected Roman, is warned by a fortune-teller that danger is ahead. Caesar's enemies are conspiring against him! The omens look bad in this tragic tale of power, war and ambition. Combining modern-day English with stunning illustrations, QEB's Tales from Shakespeare bring the Bard's popular plays to life. Lively and easy-to-read, they are sure to capture your imagination!

Henry, newly crowned King of England, has decided he deserves to be king of France too... so war against France begins. What fate awaits Henry V and his people? Follow Henry's difficult journey in this dramatic tale of battle, triumph and loss. Combining modern-day English with stunning illustrations, QEB's Tales from Shakespeare bring the Bard's popular plays to life. Lively and easy-to-read, they are sure to capture your imagination!

Twins, Viola and Sebastian, become separated after a shipwreck in Illyria and soon confusion and mischief unfolds! Packed with funny mix-ups, mistaken identities and muddled love, this humorous tale will make you laugh aloud. Combining modern-day English with stunning illustrations, QEB's Tales from Shakespeare bring the Bard's popular plays to life. Lively and easy-to-read, they are sure to capture your imagination!

Romeo and Juliet were never meant to fall in love: their families are at war and they are forbidden to meet! Yet, the star-crossed lovers cannot bear to be apart and will do whatever it takes to be together...Series descriptionThis series retells some of Shakespeare's most well-loved plays in a fun and accessible way. Illustrations throughout the book offer a visual dynamic to young readers, which brings the stories to life and captivates their imagination.Available in this series:Macbeth Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-239-9A Midsummer Night’s Dream Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-237-5Romeo and Juliet Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-236-8The Tempest Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-238-2

Three witches predict that Lord Macbeth will become King of Scotland, and then lose the throne. The first prediction quickly comes true... But what fate awaits Lord and Lady Macbeth in this tale of ambition, power and deceit?Series descriptionThis series retells some of Shakespeare's most well-loved plays in a fun and accessible way. Illustrations throughout the book offer a visual dynamic to young readers, which brings the stories to life and captivates their imagination.Available in this series:Macbeth Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-239-9A Midsummer Night’s Dream Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-237-5Romeo and Juliet Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-236-8The Tempest Plaisted/Shimony 978-1-60992-238-2

Tales from ShakespeareFULLY ILLUSTRATEDCharles & Mary LambIllustrated by Arthur RackhamThe following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it seemed possible to bring them in; and in whatever has been added to give them the regular form of a connected story, diligent care has been taken to select such words as might least interrupt the effect of the beautiful English tongue in which he wrote: therefore, words introduced into our language since his time have been as far as possible avoided.In those tales which have been taken from the Tragedies, the young readers will perceive, when they come to see the source from which these stories are derived, that Shakespeare’s own words, with little alteration, recur very frequently in the narrative as well as in the dialogue; but in those made from the Comedies the writers found themselves scarcely ever able to turn his words into the narrative form: therefore it is feared that, in them, dialogue has been made use of too frequently for young people not accustomed to the dramatic form of writing. But this fault, if it be a fault, has been caused by an earnest wish to give as much of Shakespeare’s own words as possible: and if the “He said,” and ”She said,” the question and the reply, should sometimes seem tedious to their young ears, they must pardon it, because it was the only way in which could be given to them a few hints and little foretastes of the great pleasure which awaits them in their elder years, when they come to the rich treasures from which these small and valueless coins are extracted; pretending to no other merit than as faint and imperfect stamps of Shakespeare’s matchless image. Includes: 1. The Tempest2. A Midsummer Night's Dream3. The Winter's Tale4. Much Ado About Nothing5. As You Like it6. The Two Gentlemen of Verona7. The Merchant of Venice8. Cymbeline9. King Lear10. Macbeth11. All's Well that Ends Well12. The Taming of the Shrew13. The Comedy of Errors14. Measure for Measure15. Twelfth Night or what You Will16. Timon of Athens17. Romeo and Juliet18. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark19. Othello20. Pericles, Prince of Tyre