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Much ADO about Nothing for Kids |
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Lois Burdett |
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1552094111 |
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Rosemary Anderson, Resource Links 10/2002
I highly recommend this book for elementary schools. Teachers, parents, and students will enjoy reading, or staging this play.
Book Description
"What, my Lady Disdain, are you yet living?" These famous lines from Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing delightfully shows the verbal sparring between the reluctant lovers, Beatrice and Benedick who are happily brought together at the end by the schemes of their friends. And, no story is complete without at least one evil character, Don John, who unsuccessfully tries to tear apart the wedding plans of Hero and Claudio, the other lovers in this sparkling tale. Written in rhyming couplets, Much Ado About Nothing, the eighth book in this successful series, captures all the exciting elements of the... |
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Romeo and Juliet: For Kids |
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Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Paperback |
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1552092291 |
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From School Library Journal
Gr 1-4-Once again, Burdett has produced a jaunty version of a Shakespeare work that grew from an intensive project with her elementary school students. The central text, composed of labored, uneven couplets, is the least appealing part of the book. Naive drawings, done by the students, are colored with clear, bright markers. Lively written additions from the second and third graders, such as Juliet's diary entries or reports from Verona citizens in response to the feud, show how well immersion in the play can lead to a good understanding by younger children. While readers elsewhere might enjoy a look at their contemporaries' drawings, it seems unlikely that they would derive even a fraction of the understanding of the play and its importance that Burdett's students got from the project. It wouldn't hurt,... |
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Hamlet For Kids |
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Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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1552095304 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-This seventh series entry retells the story in rhymed couplets with illustrations by the author's students, ages 7 to 12. The style is lively and interesting, and some of the phrasing is humorous: "Meanwhile, King Claudius was still uptight./The cause of Hamlet's madness had not come to light." The fact that stage directions and speakers' names are included within the verses poses some difficulty when acting out the play. A very perceptive narrator would be needed to make it all come out just right. Boxed insets of children's rewritten segments of the play as letters or diary entries offer interesting insights into their perception of the characters. Since the colorful drawings represent the characters in a wide variety of styles, they lack a sense of unity. Activities are presented at the end of... |
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Tempest |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613271947 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-Sticking closely to the series format, Burdett retells the story of The Tempest in rhyming couplets. Her students' drawings filled in with clear bright marker colors, along with the children's boxed comments, provide the book's primary appeal. The main text is distinctly plodding-especially when compared with the original. While it's true that the simple couplets might be easy for an adult to understand at first glance, they are not exactly a breeze for early readers, the audience for this book. It would require almost as much effort to use this text for a performance (as suggested) as it would to perform scenes from the original work or to have children create their own improvisations on the story. Burdett's techniques for exciting children about Shakespeare certainly seem to work well with her... |
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Macbeth for Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Paperback |
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0887532799 |
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Philippa Shephard, Quill and Quire, June 1996
Burdett's couplets are immediate, colloguial, and accessible even to the very young.
Globe and Mail
As education and entertainment, this is triumphant.
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Twin |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613510593 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
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The Tempest for Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Paperback |
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1552093263 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-Sticking closely to the series format, Burdett retells the story of The Tempest in rhyming couplets. Her students' drawings filled in with clear bright marker colors, along with the children's boxed comments, provide the book's primary appeal. The main text is distinctly plodding-especially when compared with the original. While it's true that the simple couplets might be easy for an adult to understand at first glance, they are not exactly a breeze for early readers, the audience for this book. It would require almost as much effort to use this text for a performance (as suggested) as it would to perform scenes from the original work or to have children create their own improvisations on the story. Burdett's techniques for exciting children about Shakespeare certainly seem to work well with her... |
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A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613511352 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3?Between the covers of this slim volume is the sort of material parents glow over at back-to-school nights. Burdett refers to the project as her seven-and eight-year-old students' "unedited work." Their lively art portraying Shakespeare and scenes from his life seems to have been polished for publication. But the letters and diary entries that the youngsters have imagined for William and his family, reproduced with all their cuteness and misspellings intact, are appealing for their imaginative precocity and breadth of knowledge. The drawings and writings accompany short, labored verses that give the facts of Shakespeare's life accurately, though the forced rhyme is especially glaring in a book about the Bard. There is a strong sense of a well-meaning adult's heavy hand, and if that hand were... |
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Hamlet |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613511492 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-This seventh series entry retells the story in rhymed couplets with illustrations by the author's students, ages 7 to 12. The style is lively and interesting, and some of the phrasing is humorous: "Meanwhile, King Claudius was still uptight./The cause of Hamlet's madness had not come to light." The fact that stage directions and speakers' names are included within the verses poses some difficulty when acting out the play. A very perceptive narrator would be needed to make it all come out just right. Boxed insets of children's rewritten segments of the play as letters or diary entries offer interesting insights into their perception of the characters. Since the colorful drawings represent the characters in a wide variety of styles, they lack a sense of unity. Activities are presented at the end of... |
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Much Ado About Nothing for Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Paperback |
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1552094138 |
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Rosemary Anderson, Resource Links 10/2002
I highly recommend this book for elementary schools. Teachers, parents, and students will enjoy reading, or staging this play.
--This text refers to the
Library Binding
edition.
Book Description
"What, my Lady Disdain, are you yet living?" These famous lines from Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing delightfully shows the verbal sparring between the reluctant lovers, Beatrice and Benedick who are happily brought together at the end by the schemes of their friends. And, no story is complete without at least one evil character, Don John, who unsuccessfully tries to tear apart the wedding plans of Hero and Claudio, the other lovers in this sparkling tale. Written in rhyming couplets, Much Ado About Nothing, the eighth book in this... |
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Macbeth |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613511689 |
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| Availability: |
Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
Philippa Shephard, Quill and Quire, June 1996
Burdett's couplets are immediate, colloguial, and accessible even to the very young.
Globe and Mail
As education and entertainment, this is triumphant.
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Twelfth Night: For Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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0887532330 |
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Ray Doiron, CCL, 1996
This book is a testimony to the ability of young students to enjoy Shakespeare and to produce high-quality writing themselves.
Federation of Women Teachers' Assoc of Ontario Magazine, March/April 1995
An innovative method of teaching a variety of language skills, while introducing classical literature.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0613511735 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3?An adaptation of the play retold in rhyming couplets. The greatest strength of the presentation is in the contributions of Burdett's elementary-age students. The obviously neatened-up drawings of the characters in various scenes are done in brightly colored markers on white backgrounds and retain many stylistic traits unique to young creators. So, too, do the diary entries of the characters, letters between them, and other documents supplied by the youngsters and reproduced (complete with their creative spelling) on most pages. The charm of this precocious output will appeal more to adults than to children. The verse (the actual story of the play) does manage to scan throughout without noticeable forcing, but is rather heavy-handed. The most graceful phrases are the few that are direct quotes from... |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Author: |
William Shakespeare |
Book Review
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1552091244 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3?An adaptation of the play retold in rhyming couplets. The greatest strength of the presentation is in the contributions of Burdett's elementary-age students. The obviously neatened-up drawings of the characters in various scenes are done in brightly colored markers on white backgrounds and retain many stylistic traits unique to young creators. So, too, do the diary entries of the characters, letters between them, and other documents supplied by the youngsters and reproduced (complete with their creative spelling) on most pages. The charm of this precocious output will appeal more to adults than to children. The verse (the actual story of the play) does manage to scan throughout without noticeable forcing, but is rather heavy-handed. The most graceful phrases are the few that are direct quotes from... |
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Hamlet For Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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Library Binding |
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1552095223 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-This seventh series entry retells the story in rhymed couplets with illustrations by the author's students, ages 7 to 12. The style is lively and interesting, and some of the phrasing is humorous: "Meanwhile, King Claudius was still uptight./The cause of Hamlet's madness had not come to light." The fact that stage directions and speakers' names are included within the verses poses some difficulty when acting out the play. A very perceptive narrator would be needed to make it all come out just right. Boxed insets of children's rewritten segments of the play as letters or diary entries offer interesting insights into their perception of the characters. Since the colorful drawings represent the characters in a wide variety of styles, they lack a sense of unity. Activities are presented at the end of... |
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Much Ado about Nothing for Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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| Format: |
Hardcover |
| ISBN: |
0613511751 |
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| Availability: |
Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
Rosemary Anderson, Resource Links 10/2002
I highly recommend this book for elementary schools. Teachers, parents, and students will enjoy reading, or staging this play.
--This text refers to the
Library Binding
edition.
Book Description
"What, my Lady Disdain, are you yet living?" These famous lines from Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing delightfully shows the verbal sparring between the reluctant lovers, Beatrice and Benedick who are happily brought together at the end by the schemes of their friends. And, no story is complete without at least one evil character, Don John, who unsuccessfully tries to tear apart the wedding plans of Hero and Claudio, the other lovers in this sparkling tale. Written in rhyming couplets, Much Ado About Nothing, the eighth book in this... |
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Child's Portrait of Shakespeare |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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| Format: |
Paperback |
| ISBN: |
0887532616 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3?Between the covers of this slim volume is the sort of material parents glow over at back-to-school nights. Burdett refers to the project as her seven-and eight-year-old students' "unedited work." Their lively art portraying Shakespeare and scenes from his life seems to have been polished for publication. But the letters and diary entries that the youngsters have imagined for William and his family, reproduced with all their cuteness and misspellings intact, are appealing for their imaginative precocity and breadth of knowledge. The drawings and writings accompany short, labored verses that give the facts of Shakespeare's life accurately, though the forced rhyme is especially glaring in a book about the Bard. There is a strong sense of a well-meaning adult's heavy hand, and if that hand were... |
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Twelfth Night for Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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| Format: |
Hardcover |
| ISBN: |
0613511921 |
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Usually ships within 3-5 weeks. We cannot guarantee availability of special order titles because publishers may run out of stock. We will notify you in 3-4 weeks if we are unable to get this title for you. |
Ray Doiron, CCL, 1996
This book is a testimony to the ability of young students to enjoy Shakespeare and to produce high-quality writing themselves.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Federation of Women Teachers' Assoc of Ontario Magazine, March/April 1995
An innovative method of teaching a variety of language skills, while introducing classical literature.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
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Macbeth for Kids |
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| Author: |
Lois Burdett |
Book Review
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| Format: |
Library Binding |
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088753287X |
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Philippa Shephard, Quill and Quire, June 1996
Burdett's couplets are immediate, colloguial, and accessible even to the very young.
Globe and Mail
As education and entertainment, this is triumphant.
See all Editorial Reviews
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