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product_id: 1695207
title: "Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers (Dover Children's Classics)"
brand: "e. nesbit"
price: "R250"
currency: ZAR
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reviews_count: 8
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# Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers (Dover Children's Classics)

**Brand:** e. nesbit
**Price:** R250
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers (Dover Children's Classics) by e. nesbit
- **How much does it cost?** R250 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers (Dover Children's Classics)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers
*by M***E on January 31, 2011*

E. Nesbit has written many children's books. The one I'm most familiar with is The Railway Children. I really like that book and it influenced my decision to purchase this book. In the introduction of Shakespeare's Stories for Young Children, E. Nesbit explains her reasons for writing this book. She explains that her children love Shakespeare's story lines but at the time were too young to enjoy the actual play. So she took some of Shakespeare's most famous plays and summarized them, making it easier for children to understand. Shakespeare's influence is found everywhere and I wanted my children to be familiar with his plays. However Shakespeare didn't write for children and I know mine wouldn't understand the language and would be bored in a matter of pages. E. Nesbit did a great job explaining the stories. My children were able to comprehend the stories with little explanation. Each chapter is a different play and about six pages. She also includes direct quotes from the plays. It's the perfect introduction to Shakespeare for young children.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful, Wonderful and Yet Again Wonderful
*by E***H on May 28, 2010*

As readers can tell from the title of this review, I cannot recommend it enough.I bought this book for my eight year old who is very interested in Shakespeare but still years away from fully grasping his language. She loves the book and I love reading it aloud to her.SSfYR is presented in chapter book form without illustrations. Nesbit writes beautifully, always respecting the intelligence of her young audience, as well as the traditions behind subject matter she is conveying. Each tale gets its due, while yet being pared down to a digestible size for pre-adolescents. Her language is rich and lively, and her insights are inserted as charming asides that offer an adult's perspective without vering into didactic or moralistic homilies.If your pre-teen is bright, sensitive and looking for a good read, this is the book to buy!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good for kids
*by V***L on April 21, 2013*

The stories are watered down for kids, but nothing is added that shouldn't be there. It's a great way to get a child familiarized with the stories so they will be better able to understand what is going on when they do get to the full stories. It's not a vocabulary builder and in case you have objections about some things Romeo & Juliet still kill themselves and people die and get killed in the stories. They did not take away from the stories for the kids. It's very, very summarized. Still it's a good introduction for anyone who want's a quick way to know about the stories. Not all of them are there. I'm a bit disappointed some of my favorites were omitted.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-05*