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A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare
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Product Description
"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.
A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare, written in rhyming couplets is suitable for staging as class plays as well as reading aloud.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #984782 in Books
- Published on: 1995-08-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .38" h x 7.98" w x 9.52" l, .76 pounds
- Binding: Library Binding
- 64 pages
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3?Between the covers of this slim volume is the sort of material parents glow over at back-to-school nights. Burdett refers to the project as her seven-and eight-year-old students' "unedited work." Their lively art portraying Shakespeare and scenes from his life seems to have been polished for publication. But the letters and diary entries that the youngsters have imagined for William and his family, reproduced with all their cuteness and misspellings intact, are appealing for their imaginative precocity and breadth of knowledge. The drawings and writings accompany short, labored verses that give the facts of Shakespeare's life accurately, though the forced rhyme is especially glaring in a book about the Bard. There is a strong sense of a well-meaning adult's heavy hand, and if that hand were involved, why did it not remove the grammatical errors? This book is the result of efforts that were clearly fun and enlightening for the children and serves as a good example for other teachers. But it's questionable whether reading about it will have as much appeal or educational impact as doing it.?Sally Margolis, formerly at Deerfield Public Library, IL
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Combines a lively, often humorous biographical poem ... with even livelier and amusing color drawings. (Children's Literature 19960101)
A wonderfully rich example of how young children absorb language and make it their own ... Highly recommended. (Ray Doiron CCL 19950901)
Can easily be used and enjoyed by teachers and students anywhere. (Anne Barry Library Talk )
Ray Doiron, CCL, 1996
A wonderfully rich example of how young children absorb language and make it their own ... Highly recommended.
