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HarperCollins, 2000-08-08

William Shakespeare & the Globe

William Shakespeare & the Globe

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Aliki, Author

Aliki, Illustrator

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9780064437226

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Using her characteristically thorough and animated words and pictures and quotations from Shakespeare's plays, Aliki has created a five-act masterpiece that is the definitive introduction to the playwright and his world.
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An ode to language, legacy, and the layered world of theater. Through thoughtful illustration and precise prose, Aliki invites readers to encounter not just a man—but the enduring imagination that shaped him and was shaped by him.

Keywords and Themes: Activity Books • Art • Artistry • Biography & Autobiography • Creativity • Culture • Drama • Europe • Expression • General • History • Imagination • Inspiration • Juvenile Nonfiction • Language • Language Arts • Legacy • Literary • Medieval • Performing Arts • Reference • Renaissance • Storytelling • Theater & Musicals

Readability • 5.2

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 48

Subjects • Authors • English • Theater • History • Theaters • Reconstruction • England • 16th century • London • Shakespeare • William • Globe Theatre (London • England: 1599-1644) • Stage history

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts | Theater & Musicals • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary • Juvenile Nonfiction | Drama • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Performing Arts • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Europe • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Medieval • Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Renaissance • Juvenile Nonfiction | Reference | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History

With her characteristically sprightly words and pictures, Aliki brings Shakespeare's life, times, and legacy to life in this highly acclaimed information-packed treasury that is truly for readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children

From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare's world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater. .


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