Much Ado About Nothing (A Shakespeare Story)

Much Ado About Nothing (A Shakespeare Story)

by Andrew Matthews (Author), Andrew Matthews (Author), Tony Ross (Illustrator)

Synopsis

A lively retelling of Shakespeare's famous work about the foolish ways people behave when they're in love. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Love and Lies in Much Ado About Nothing. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white illustrations, each play is vividly brought to life allowing these culturally enriching stories to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orchard Books
Published: 01 Mar 2007

ISBN 10: 1846161835
ISBN 13: 9781846161834
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years

Media Reviews
An excellent introduction to Shakespeare for the junior reader. * The School Librarian *
Author Bio
Andrew Matthews has written numerous books for children and teenagers, and is an internationally renowned author. He wrote King Arthur and Wolf Summer for the Orchard list, as well as a series of retellings of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. Andrew has been short-listed twice for the Smarties Award. He lives in Berkshire. Tony Ross is one of the most highly regarded children's book creators/illustrators in Britain. For Orchard he illustrated the Greek and Roman Myths books in the Orchard Myths range, and the hilarious One and Only series by Laurence Anholt, as well as the poetry collection Balloon Lagoon. Tony lives in Wales.