Eh it’s just about Shakespeare. There read itself was easy and it included many facts about his life. I read this for school but I do not regret it. It only took an hour out of my life but I gained some interesting info.

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I think that “ Who was William Shakespeare” by Celeste Davidson Mannis is a great book recommended for people 8 years and up. This book is about William Shakespeare’s life. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and then at the age of 20 he marries Anne Hathaway and has a child just a year later and have twins the year after as well. Then he creates 3 plays including the legendary Romeo and Juliet. One of his twin daughter died in 1596 at the age of 11. Although one of his children died that didn’t stop him from creating 3 more plays and then sadly his father dies. Well, even after sad events he continues to write 3 more plays. His eldest daughter gets married and he publishes his sonnets two years later. He published his last poems before the theater he performed in burned down. He dies 3 years later in 1616.

I read this aloud to my Jr. High class as an introduction to Shakespeare, prior to our study of Romeo & Juliet. We were able to read it over the course of 2 days (approx 40min each class), but that allowed for minimal discussion. It was simplistic, but gave a nice overview of Shakespeare's life & works. It also was able to describe what Elizabethian England was like (politically, socially, economically, etc) and even described hardships encountered during the era (such as famine, disease, The Globe burning, etc). Finally, it incorporates brief descriptions/summaries into the narration that introduce reader to specific Shakespeare plays and what they were about. I would definitely use this book as a resource in my teaching, again. And, it would also be suitable for any young readers with an interest in historical figures.

Very interesting details about Williams life. I learned a lot.

This is the perfect little chapter book to get my students to understand who William Shakespeare was. While I realize elementary aged students usually do not read Shakespear, it is important to know who he was, the writings of plays and poetry he produced are legendary. This book aught me a lot about him as a person, a father, and husband. As well, it taught me how he got his start, and though there is so much we do not know about him, this did give me much information. Short chapters, and very attention keeping! I really liked it!

Pretty good intro/overview.

I read this to see if the series would be good for my nephew. Afterwards, I think it would be great to read to him and for him to read by himself in a few years. It has a lot of introductory information, and while I feel that it can be light on specifics, this is probably a benefit for a young reader. The text feels like it has just enough information to introduce a reader to new concepts like the Spanish Armada, the Black Death, and the Tudor and Stuart monarchies without allowing him or her to get lost in the minutia. My expectations are always going to be skewed, for better or worse, by all the Shakespeare scholarship I've read. I can't look at this book as a novice, but I like to think that if I could, I would be enthralled. We'll have to see what my nephew thinks.

My daughter and I enjoyed this. At first, she thinks she doesn't want to read these books, but once we begin, she doesn't want me to stop reading them. Thus, we finished this in a couple of days. I may try to introduce her to one of his plays since we read this. If anyone has suggestions about the most accessible Shakespeare for kids, let me know. Midsummer Night's Dream, maybe?

I rated this book 5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ because Shakespeare wrote lots of plays,poems and sonnets. Like Richard ll,Hamlet,Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet are famous plays.

A fun introduction to Shakespeare, his life, and his works.

In the beginning, this book talks about his life as a child. Then, it talks about his life as an actor and about all of his plays. In the end, it talks about how he died, where he died, and when he died. This book was very interesting and entrancing to read. That is very shocking to here from me because I really don't like biography's, but I loved this one! I recommend this book to people that love history and William Shakespeare. I rate this book a 5 because it was really to the point on William Shakespeare's life. It was also very helpful with my report. Thanks for reading!!!