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All the World's Your Stage Shakespeare for Today

Discover the World of Shakespeare through 8 of his Most Famous Plays

Author Farah Karim-Cooper
Hardcover
$19.99 US
DK. | DK Children
9.5"W x 11.38"H x 0.54"D  
On sale Nov 11, 2025 | 80 Pages | 9780593966952
Grades 6-12
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Eight exciting Shakespeare retellings for kids, alongside the story of his life and the history of Tudor London, all beautifully illustrated.

Introduce your child to the work of William Shakespeare in this gorgeous treasury for all the family to enjoy. By expertly reimagining eight of the Bard’s most famous plays, Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper breathes new life into these well-loved works, making them highly engaging for a new generation of fans.

Including kid-friendly summaries of eight renowned Shakespeare plays:
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
As You Like It
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
The Tempest
The Merchant of Venice

Additional features:
  • Fun facts about the life and times of Shakespeare, plus interesting information on how they created the sounds and smells in The Tempest, and the magic and fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Beautifully illustrated throughout, with charming representations of popular characters and scenes from each play
  • A fantastic educational gift for children aged 7-11 or a brilliant classroom resource, created to instill artistic passion in a new generation of theater enthusiasts

With insightful and engaging storytelling combined with historical context and key themes for each play, readers will discover how Shakespeare gives us tools to think about the world today – and realize that Shakespeare really is for everyone, across every age group and time period!
© Sarah Lee
Farah Karim-Cooper is a Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe and a professor of literature and Shakespeare studies at King’s College London; she was president of the Shakespeare Association of America from 2021 to 2022 after serving three years on the board of trustees. The holder of an Oxford University TORCH Humanities Cultural Programme Fellowship, she was a visiting fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, from 2022 to 2023. She curated the Globe Theatre’s Shakespeare and Race festivals and its Anti-Racist Shakespeare webinar series. She is a general coeditor of the Folger Shakespeare Editions and the author of works on Shakespeare including Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama, The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage, and most recently Titus Andronicus: The State of Play. View titles by Farah Karim-Cooper
"This would make an excellent supplement to middle-grade or early high-school literature curricula or serve as a handy piece for young Bard researchers." - Booklist, Starred Review
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Eight exciting Shakespeare retellings for kids, alongside the story of his life and the history of Tudor London, all beautifully illustrated.

Introduce your child to the work of William Shakespeare in this gorgeous treasury for all the family to enjoy. By expertly reimagining eight of the Bard’s most famous plays, Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper breathes new life into these well-loved works, making them highly engaging for a new generation of fans.

Including kid-friendly summaries of eight renowned Shakespeare plays:
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
As You Like It
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
The Tempest
The Merchant of Venice

Additional features:
  • Fun facts about the life and times of Shakespeare, plus interesting information on how they created the sounds and smells in The Tempest, and the magic and fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Beautifully illustrated throughout, with charming representations of popular characters and scenes from each play
  • A fantastic educational gift for children aged 7-11 or a brilliant classroom resource, created to instill artistic passion in a new generation of theater enthusiasts

With insightful and engaging storytelling combined with historical context and key themes for each play, readers will discover how Shakespeare gives us tools to think about the world today – and realize that Shakespeare really is for everyone, across every age group and time period!

Author

© Sarah Lee
Farah Karim-Cooper is a Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe and a professor of literature and Shakespeare studies at King’s College London; she was president of the Shakespeare Association of America from 2021 to 2022 after serving three years on the board of trustees. The holder of an Oxford University TORCH Humanities Cultural Programme Fellowship, she was a visiting fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, from 2022 to 2023. She curated the Globe Theatre’s Shakespeare and Race festivals and its Anti-Racist Shakespeare webinar series. She is a general coeditor of the Folger Shakespeare Editions and the author of works on Shakespeare including Cosmetics in Shakespearean and Renaissance Drama, The Hand on the Shakespearean Stage, and most recently Titus Andronicus: The State of Play. View titles by Farah Karim-Cooper

Praise

"This would make an excellent supplement to middle-grade or early high-school literature curricula or serve as a handy piece for young Bard researchers." - Booklist, Starred Review

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