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The Tempest is an exciting tale of jealousy and betrayal, magic and romance, repentance and forgiveness, and has all the elements necessary to ignite a young child's imagination and creative energy. By her use of rhyming couplets, Lois Burdett has once again succeeded in transforming Shakespeare's complex verse into a format readily understood by children. Children's enthusiasm toward Burdett's adapted Shakespeare is evident in the wonderful drawings and anecdotes created by her Grade 2 and 3 students at Hamlet Elementary School in Stratford, Ontario. Together with the five other books in the successful and beautifully produced Shakespeare Can Be Fun! series, The Tempest will delight teachers, parents and children.
Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Series: Shakespeare Can Be Fun!
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Firefly Books (September 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1552093263
ISBN-13: 978-1552093269
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #287,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #46 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Performing Arts > Drama & Theater #513 in Books > Literature & Fiction > British & Irish > Shakespeare > Works #2655 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Dramas & Plays
What a great way to introduce children to classic literature and universal themes! My 1st-3rd graders are entranced by The Tempest. They love the way it rhymes and the complicated plot. They have seen parallels between this story and The Hobbit. Immediately, they compared Caliban to Gollum and remembered how Gandalf threw his voice to cause the fight among the trolls much the same way Ariel did. I really recommend this series to teachers and parents alike. The Tempest in particular is great if you are studying Jamestown as it is believed that Shakespeare was inspired by newspaper accounts of a ship (bound for Jamestown) that got lost at sea due to a great storm. It landed on a tropical island where the crew and passengers were stranded for a few months. I most definitely will buy more books from this series (or my students might revolt).
Overall, I like this book. It wasn't my favorite in this series by any means, but this story isn't often done for children's books in the first place, so it's probably the best of the limited selection. I don't love the original story and it's very complicated to condense down into a manageable children's tale. The author of this work does a pretty decent job, although sometimes I found the characters mentioned too briefly to easily grasp who they were when they popped back into the story again later.Unfortunately, the illustrations actually seemed to detract from the story rather than help it. I had no problems with the obviously childish drawings (that is what makes this series so unique, after all), but with so many characters doing all sorts of strange things, consistency would have helped a whole lot in identifying and remembering who was who and what they were doing. That simply wasn't possible when many different artists contributed their very different views of the characters.Again, I like this series and recommend this particular book, but expect to do a bit of explaining to your child of what's going on (or at the very least, pre-read the story if you aren't familiar with it to get a handle on who everyone is).
I LOVE this concept, but I have a real issue with the spelling errors on the kids' writings. I understand these are 7 and 8 yr olds but there's something to be said about teaching revising and proofreading before a final draft that's going to be published. My son is having a hard time reading the books in this series because of the incorrect spelling. We purchased 7 of the 8 books in the series.
Really a very nice read and age appropriate. It's a great way for your children to learn Shakespeare's Tempest so when they hear the actual version, they do not struggle with the language to get the story.
This book series is great. My kids love listening to the period and seeing the pictures drawn by kids their age. It makes it super fun and easy for them to learn Shakespeare on their level.
These are an excellent series that we use in the elementary classroom. They were an excellent purchase.
Wonderful teaching for children and adults alike!
Great product sent right on time
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