What's So Special about Shakespeare?

by Michael Rosen (Author) Sarah Nayler (Illustrator)

What's So Special about Shakespeare?
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Celebrated poet, critic, and Shakespeare enthusiast Rosen offers kids a whirlwind tour of William Shakespeare's life, his London, and four of his plays: "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, " and "The Tempest." Illustrations.
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Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen is one of the most popular contemporary poets and authors of books for children. He received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for services to children's literature in 1997 and served as Children's Laureate in the U.K. between 2007 and 2009. His books include the worldwide bestseller We're Going on a Bear Hunt and the award-winning Michael Rosen's Sad Book as well as What's So Special About Shakespeare? and What's So Special About Dickens? He lives in London.

Tony Ross was born in London in 1938. After training at Liverpool School of Art, he worked as a cartoonist, graphic designer, advertising art director, and art lecturer. In 1976 he published his first illustrated children's book. He is best known for the Horrid Henry and Little Princess series of books, which have both been adapted for television, as well as illustrating books for David Walliams. He lives on the Welsh Borders and has three daughters.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780763699949
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
February 23, 2018
Series
What's So Special About
BISAC categories
JNF007030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
JNF039050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts | Theater
JNF034000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Literary Criticism & Collections
Library of Congress categories
History
England
Theater
Authors, English
Shakespeare, William
16th century
Early modern, 1500-1700
Dramatists, English

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