Shakespeare's Tales: As You Like It

** “All the world’s a stage … and all the men and women merely actors. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts.” ** Sam Newman retells Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” for young readers, with illustrations by Ceej Rowland, a story of bitterness, anger, hidden......more

I love this Shakespeare story, it’s so fortuitous and fun. It’s amongst one of my favourites and this adaptation for children didn’t make it lose any of it’s original sparkle. Rosalind and Celia are great characters, and faced with injustice at Celia’s fathers hands, they remain strong in their frie......more

I have read this book along with many of Samantha Newman's other 'Shakespeare tales' books. I have always been intrigued by Shakespeare's books but have only ever read Romeo and Juliet and that was about 20 years ago when I was in school. When I came across this book I thought it was a perfect way t......more

Shakespeare's Tales: As you like it retold by Samantha Newman I really enjoy these types of novels. an easy adaption of the classic Shakespeare play, it makes Shakespeare accessible to all. This is quite a confusing play and i would struggle to read it as it was written and understand it, so these boo......more

This is a series by Samantha Newman that writes the Bard’s works at a level where children can understand the story. I have to admit I’m not a big reader of Shakespeare and I found this book to be a great explanation of the original tale. I’d recommend this book for children in the 4th or 5th grades......more