Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

Written in E. Nesbit’s simple yet elegant style, this wonderful collection includes some of Shakespeare’s most famous works, retold in reader-friendly prose for children. The best way to introduce a child to all-time classic literary works such as The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest, this book will help build an appreciation for Shakespeare’s genius as a storyteller amongst young readers.
For her second collection, Nesbit selected the same twenty tales included by Charles and Mary Lamb in their 1807 classic children's book Tales from Shakespeare. Nesbit's adaptations, targeting younger children, are shorter and also less moralistic than those by the Lambs.