Hamlet for Kids

Perhaps the best-known of Shakespeare's tragedies, Hamlet has all the ingredients for a gripping story: revenge and power, familial love and betrayal, dramatic sword fights, dark spooky scenes. Once again Lois Burdett has woven her own brand of magic by transforming Shakespeare's complex verse into rhyming couplets. She has created a version of Hamlet especially for children, even as young as seven, and one that readers of all ages will enjoy.

At the appropriately named Hamlet Elementary School in Stratford, Ontario, where Burdett has taught for over 20 years, her students have created wonderful drawings of Hamlet to illustrate Burdett's fluid rhymes. The students' interpretations are vivid evidence of Burdett's clever ability to bring Shakespeare's complex characters and intricate plots to life for young people.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Firefly Books
Published: 03/04/2000
ISBN: 9781552095300
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.88h x 7.72w x 0.19d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 08/01/2000 pg. 168
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 136 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 136 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
School Library Journal 08/04/2000

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 52777 / Hamlet for Kids
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 1