"An engaging and accessible introduction to our best-known playwright, offering a lively glimpse into the life of William Shakespeare and the world of Tudor England."
Carefully researched and hilariously presented, Terry Deary’s Terrible True Tales: Shakespeare brings Shakespeare’s most famous plays to life through the eyes of children living in the Elizabethan Age.
The author is well known for his Horrible Histories books, which inspired the hugely popular tv shows and a movie, and introduced a whole generation to a past that is "horrible, funny and true". Deary takes the same approach in his Terrible True Tales series, with twelve collections of four funny and fascinating true stories of real historical events. Covering subjects including The Vikings, the First World War and Victorians, the series explores the past from the lives of children at the time.
In Terrible True Tales: Shakespeare we learn about the stories of four classic plays; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night. Along the way we meet Molly, a young servant girl, and Sam an actor travelling with Shakespeare's company, Mary the pot-girl who worked at an inn, and Jane a maid at Richmond Palace. Through their eyes, readers gain a lively glimpse into the world of Shakespeare and Elizabethan life.
Each story ends with a fascinating fact file packed with extra information about Shakespeare and his works. Readers discover which words the playwright is credited with introducing into the English language, many of which we still use today, including eyeball, bandit, dawn and gossip. We learn the different kinds of plays he wrote, from comedies and fantasies to ghost stories, tragedies and romances, and learn that his history plays were not always particularly accurate!
With Tambe’s humorous illustrations throughout, this is another engaging and accessible introduction to history for readers aged 7+. Ideal for supporting the KS2 topic of Life in Tudor Times or celebrating Shakespeare Week in March, it brings the past to life with plenty of humour, and fascinating facts about the world’s best-known playwright.
From the author of the blockbuster Horrible Histories series, also a TV show and movie, who has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
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From the author of the blockbuster Horrible Histories series, also a TV show and movie, who has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Horrible Histories author Terry Deary presents a fantastic collection of Shakespeare tales based on action-packed true stories - four books in one!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Terrible True Tales: Shakespeare and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Terrible True Tales: Shakespeare features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Funny, History, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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Terrible True Tales: Shakespeare was written by Terry Deary and published by Bloomsbury Education an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Terrible True Tales: Shakespeare has 251 pages
Yes it is part of Terrible True Tales series
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