Samantha Newman's cleverly reworked prose retellings retain many of Shakespeare's own inimitable turns of phrase, while simplifying and clarifying the language and plots to make stories accessible to children.Young readers can follow Puck on his mischievous midsummer adventures, hear the prophecy of the witches in Macbeth and be swept away by the romance of Romeo and Juliet. Lively artwork accompanies each spread, bringing these best-loved tales to life.

Titles In This Set:

• Antony and Cleopatra
• Twelfth Night
• Love's Labour's Lost
• The Comedy of Errors
• King Lear
• The Merchant of Venice
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• The Tempest
• Othello
• As You Like It
• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet
• All's Well that Ends Well
• Macbeth
• Much Ado About Nothing
• The Winter's Tale