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For younger readers

Aliki. William Shakespeare & the Globe. HarperCollins, 1999. For readers in grades 3 to 6.

Chrisp, Peter. Eyewitness: Shakespeare. DK Publishing, 2002. For readers in grades 5 to 10.

Dommermuth-Costa, Carol. William Shakespeare. Lerner, 2002. For readers in grades 6 to 10.

Dunton-Downer, Leslie, and Alan Riding. Essential Shakespeare Handbook. Illustrated essays for readers in grade 7 and up.

Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. Folger, 1988. The stories of Shakespeare's plays retold for young readers; a classic first published in 1807.

Morley, Jacqueline. A Shakespearean Theater. Bedrick, 2003. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Packer, Tina. Tales from Shakespeare. Scholastic, 2003. Retelling of the best-known comedies and tragedies; for readers in grades 6 to 9.

Rosen, Michael. Shakespeare: His Work & His World. Candlewick, 2001. How Shakespeare's plays reflect his times, for readers in grades 5 to 9.

Shellard, Dominic. William Shakespeare. Oxford University Press, 1999. An introduction Shakespeare's life and to the theater of his time; for middle school to high school readers.

Vennema, Peter, and Diane Stanley. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare. Morrow, 1992. A illustrated portrait of the playwright; for younger readers.

Shakespeare, William

Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Putnam, 1998. A preeminent Shakespearean scholar studies the Bard's influence on many aspects of modern culture and society.

De Grazia, Margreta, and Stanley Wells, eds. Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare. Cambridge University Press, 2001. Essays on Shakespeare's works and modern Shakespeare criticism.

Dobson, Michael S., and Stanley Wells, eds. Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford University Press, 2001. Informative, authoritative guide to Shakespeare's life and works.

Goddard, Harold C. The Meaning of Shakespeare. University of Chicago Press, 1972. Accessible discussion of each of the plays, in two volumes.

Honan, Park. Shakespeare: A Life. Oxford University Press, 1999, 2000. A detailed account of Shakespeare's life and times.

Kastan, David Scott. A Companion to Shakespeare. Blackwell, 1999. An exploration of the society that influenced Shakespeare and his writing.

Kermode, Frank. The Age of Shakespeare. Modern Library, 2004. A literary critic provides background to Elizabethan drama and the emergence of Shakespeare.

Kermode, Frank. Shakespeare's Language. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000, 2001. Discussion of Shakespeare's development as a poet and his use of language.

Mack, Maynard. Everybody's Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies. University of Nebraska Press, 1993, 1994. A renowned Shakespeare critic elucidates for the general reader some of the playwright's best-known works.

Onions, C. T. A Shakespeare Glossary. Oxford University Press, 1985. Explanations and definitions for many unfamiliar words and allusions in Shakespeare's works.

Vendler, Helen. The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Harvard University Press, 1997. Accessible study of the meaning of Shakespeare's sonnets.

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