I have been reading a book called “Who was William Shakespeare?” This book’s genre is Biography. It is about our best playwright - William Shakespeare. I like this book because I love his poems and stories. This book tells me about William Shakespeare’s life. My favorite part of this book, is when William Shakespeare write a play called “King Lear”. The play is about old King Lear who decides to give his kingdom to his three daughters. But somethings happen out of his expectation. The characters in this book are believable, because the story of William Shakespeare is real. I would recommend this book to everyone, because I think everyone should know how William Shakespeare has created plays and poems. His creativity can inspire everyone, so I suggest that he or she should have a good look.

I like how the different books tie together - definitely see how kids would like to keep reading and find the other books related to the one they are reading.
Top 5 things I learned/found interesting:
- Mary was pregnant when they got married (and 26 years old with an 18 year old)
- Queen Elizabeth loved the theater - perhaps that emboldened Shakespeare to write the kind of plays he did
- The first theater he partially owned was on land that they didn't - the landlord demanded too high of a rent - so they took the theater down and moved it to another plot of land
- Essentially everything he wrote was not an original story - which was common in that time
- The last play he wrote paralleled his desire to leave the stage - or at least it seems it that way.

Biography I read with my daughter for a school project. Well written and informative. I love how this series states the historical facts, yet adds enough interesting tidbits to keep it fun and entertaining for kids.

Good book!
Nice to have an overview of Shakespeare's titles and their plots.
The character of Shylock and the Shakespearean origin of many English phrases like "wild goose chase" was particularly interesting.

I think it was a good quick read. Some good things about this book - Very informational, I liked how the author talked about the time period and how Shakespeare grew up. To be more specific, the author really went into detail about Shakespeare's life and how he got about writing plays. I liked how she described and talked about the setting and the lifestyle of his.
A thing I wish the author went into more about the lifestyle before, but to be fair, I learned that there was a time in his life where he didn't have a record, and nobody really knows where he went.
Overall I think this is a good nonfiction read, and would suggest it to anyone who wants an informational light read.

3.5 stars. I read this one with my children for our first Shakespeare month. Good, with extra information concerning the time of Shakespeare. Good, not great. (April 2024)

This was a very fun and fast paced read. Even though we know little about the early life of William Shakespeare, things can be inferred about what could have happened. The story weaves its way in and out of his life through the use of his writings. Readers will learn quite a lot about the life of William Shakespeare in this book.

Shakespeare lived a different life than I had anticipated. In retrospect, though, it seems to be very much the life that an theater person would have had to live in those days. This author was okay, but not the best in this series of books.

This was a very informative installment of the Who Was/What Was/Where Was series. I have now read at least a dozen of these, and this one could easily be used as a quick reference book for fans of Shakespeare. I kept a notepad and took some notes as I read so I have my own fact sheet about Shakespeare now that I'm done. Clearly, adults and those who have read Shakespeare can still take away some information. It's interesting that we still don't know exactly how many works Shakespeare wrote or even when he was born. Sometimes technology can't even help us when we are looking so far back in time.

I did have one complaint; the illustrations were not my favorite. I understand the illustrator was going for that aesthetic to fit the times, but there was no definition or distinction to the drawings as a result and were not as crisp or clear to see what is going on.

William Shakespeare, famous for his plays, showed perseverance in different ways. When he was young, Will had to go to school and that meant he had to rise before sunrise, eat breakfast, finish his chores and walk to school. He was at his desk at 6:00am and school ended twelve hours later at 6:00pm. The only days off were Sundays, which were market days and he helped his parents work at the market. But he liked school so he still did it. When Will was older, he liked to make plays so much, that even when the first Globe, the theater he worked at, was hit by fireball, he and his troupe built a new theater. Throughout his life, William Shakespeare persevered with things that brought him joy.

-Grosset&Dunlap, leaves3.0
-Time: 12/11=34min, 12/12=20min, 12/13=15min, 12/17=40min
-7 words summary: -plays-poetry-theater- "the Globe""Romeo and Juliet"-"Hamlet"-return
-Discussion Questions:
1. Which Will's work(poetry/ tragedy/ plays) do you like the best??
A. I like "Romeo and Juliet". I know it' s a kind of tragedy, and the end was really sad. However, the process to fall in love each other is my favorite! Romantic:-)
2.which Will's work(poetry/ tragedy/ plays) do you want to read or watch as a modern version??
A. I'm interested in "Hamlet" now! Actually, I heard that "Hamlet" was played in English as a modern version in Japan last year. But then I wasn't interested in it. To be honest, I didn't know who wrote the play, "Hamlet". However, I want to get interested in the play thanks to this book now!!!!!

It was a little difficult for me to understand this content of the book. Because I didn't know about him in detail. (In the case of other books that I have read, I've already known about them a little.) That's why felt difficult.
However, it was really good time to know about the greatest playwright of all time!!!!

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