Shakespeare for children: an expert’s top ten books to spark their imagination

Shakespeare for children: an expert’s top ten books to spark their imagination

Nicoleta Ionescu/ShutterstockAs pupils head back to school, they may well encounter Shakespeare’s plays and poems – perhaps for the first time. I have written about books on Shakespeare’s life or plays for children and young adults for the last three years: fiction and fact, picturebooks and graphic novels, early readers to full-blown novels. Here are my top ten texts that take Shakespeare, run with him, and sweep up readers as they go. Authors …