Author(s): Margie Blumberg,Collen Aagesen
No. of Pages: 160 pages
Date Published: 01 May 1999
Publisher: A Cappella Books
Format: Paperback | 160 pages
Dimensions: 214 x 278 x 12mm | 819.99g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Illustrations: b/w photos

Kids can experience William Shakespeare's England and get their first taste of the Bard's sublime craft with this lively biography and activity book. Staging swordplay, learning to juggle, and creating authentic costumes like a flamboyant shirt with slashed sleeves or a lady's lace-trimmed glove bring the theater arts to life. Making a quill pen and using it to write a story, binding a simple book by hand, creating a fragrant pomander ball and a dish of stewed apples show what daily life was like in Elizabethan times. Inspired by scenes from Shakespeare's plays, kids can invent new words, write songs, and devise scathing or comical insults just as he did. Fascinating and accurate historical information and 21 fun activities open a dramatic new world of learning for children ages 8 and up.