This stunningly illustrated and accessible retelling will captivate today's young readers. It includes a thought-provoking background on Shakespeare and the play, a 'Who's Who' of the characters and fascinating questions for young readers. It is aimed at children age 10 to 14 years old. Humorous, romantic and thoroughly enchanting, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of Shakespeare's most delicious confections. Now, with this stunningly illustrated and accessible retelling, his gossamer tale of mixed-up love among humans and fairies will captivate today's young readers. Seamlessly weaving the original play's exquisite words into modern language, Adam McKeown eases children into Shakespeare's magical world, while Antonio Javier Caparo's magnificent paintings superbly capture the characters and the action. To aid understanding, Renaissance scholar McKeown provides thought-provoking background on Shakespeare.

 

This book features in the following series: The Young Reader's Shakespeare, The Young Readers Shakespeare .

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Sterling Juvenile .

Antonio Javier Caparo has illustrated many books for children, including the Magic Thief series and The Young Reader's Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream . He lives in Montreal, Canada. Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare. Adam McKeown has taught Shakespeare, Renaissance culture, and writing at New York University, Clarkson University, and Princeton, and is currently a professor at Adelphi University in Long Island.