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Title: Great introduction to the Bard for kids - but it's tough to decide what age it's for or how you'd use it.
Review: Shakespeare for Kids - 21 activities is a combination of an illustrated biography of William Shakespeare and a book of activities for kids to get them in the mood and spirit. There are a host of photos and illustrations of Shakespeare's home, school, period London etc... This illustrated biography part is the most effective part of the book. It brings the period to life. The activities - making a quill; learning to juggle; staging a scene from Julius Caesar; staging a sword fight - are more of a mixed bag. I have trouble imagining do most of these things one on one with a kid. Perhaps they work better as part of a classroom activity? All in all the book is well executed and written - but I have some problems with the conception of the activities that form the real meat of this book.
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