Shakespeare Stories II
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The cover illustration for this issue is by Tony Ross for Allan Ahlberg’s latest addition to the ‘Happy Family’ series, Miss Dirt the Dustman’s Daughter. We are grateful to Puffin Books for their help in producing the cover of this November issue.
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Shakespeare Stories II
Illustrated by Michael Foreman
A chunky mix of nine retellings of stories from Shakespeare including I some difficult stuff such as 'The Winter's Tale', 'Cymbeline', Measure for Measure' and 'Richard III' alongside 'Julius Caesar', 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'The Comedy of Errors'. This collection is, of course, everything you'd expect from Leon Garfield with fine prose and the complications of plot well sorted. Impressive illustrations enhance the overall quality. Any schools with new orders in mind and a commitment to the Bard ought to add this volume to their library.
