Twelfth Night for Kids

by Lois Burdett and Christine Coburn

Book Overview

"Who is William Shakespeare?" For more than 20 years, Lois Burdett has asked that question of her elementary school students in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, leading them on a voyage of discovery that brings the Bard to life for boys and girls ages seven and up.

Twelfth Night for Kids, written in rhyming couplets is suitable for staging as class plays as well as reading aloud.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887532330
• ISBN13: 9780887532337
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.9" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Funny

This is a very funny play made easy for kids to perform. My kids 6 & 8 years old are performing the play next week and have had so much fun with this book.

Skakespeare Is Fun

I like Lois Burdett's version of Twelfth Night because I think it is funny and the drawings are by kids. Lois Burdett's second grade Twelfth Night book is easier to read than Shakespeare's original version. It's a good book for kids who don't know Shakespeare and for kids who like Shakespeare. On a scale of 1 to 5 stars, with 5 stars being the best, I rate Twelfth Night 4 stars because a few of the words, like "thee", are difficult to understand.

Great Intro to Shakespeare

This is one great book. It explains the story very clearly so very young children can understand but still appeals to older children. I think this is a great series to introduce children to Shakespeare. It is so simply written it could be used at bed time, yet it still gets the story very well and is not degrading to the original plays. I highly recommend it.