Tales from Shakespeare Audiobook

" Great for introducing Shakespeare to children. "

" It wasn't a bad introduction to Shakespeare when I was a kid. Even though I'm not a big fan of abridgments or adaptations, I felt like this was okay. "

" Found the hard back second hand and listened to much of the audio together. Anne listened to quite a bit on her own too. "

" The kids begged for more Shakespeare. No, really, they did. Although it was a difficult read aloud with all of it's run on sentences, this was a wonderful version of Shakespeare. Not overly simplified but easier than reading the plays. I had intended to read one story a month to them but ended up doing one or more a week! "

" Easy to read and understand. A good intro to Shakespeare and his works. "

" My first introduction to Shakespeare as a small child and it was such a good way to read the stories "

" Man, the most difficult words of English.. I could never understand Shakespeare's language.. Anyway, done with Macbeth and R&J... loved both of 'em.. "

" This was the only form of Shakespeare I could tolerate to read. I wish I still had my copy! "

" A good summary of some, but not all of Shakespeare's plays. The authors at times put in their own feelings about characters motivations and such but that's to be expected from works of the time. A good introduction for younger readers of Shakespeare. "

" This is the most basic break down I have ever read of Shakespeare's work- it's great to familiarize yourself with a particular piece before reading and dissecting the original version. I also highly recommend as a way for younger readers to get a feel for the bard. "

" I always did love Shakespeare :3 "

" This re-taling of Shakespeare classics is great. I enjoy reading them to my chilren. They are shortened a lot but the language is not over-simplified. The book was written in 1807 and a lot of the wording is directly from the original plays so my younger children don't understand everything. "

" The taming of the shrew-I think that Katharine had a very bad temper. I think that Petruchio was crazy to want marry Katharine. 7/11 "

" I have copies of this book on each coast - in the hopes of reading stories to my niece and nephew if I can get them to sit still long enough. "

" These retellings make me want to re-read the plays, and see the ones that I have missed. "

" I have had this book for at least 15 years and this is the book that made me fall in love with the stories by Shakespeare. "

" This is an amazing book because Charles and Mary Lamb make Shakespeare obtainable if the language is perceived as difficult to understand. They bring the stories alive! This book created mt love or Shakespeare and gave me an idea of how to approach the original books "

" One of those childhood classics. I don't think I've read it all, but I did read the complete works of Shakespeare instead. "

" Read it last year. We read A Midsummer night's dream Hamlet and a few others. Now he wants to read Macbeth. "

" Especially for Lovely Lucy. My intellectual grandaughter. The best beginner's Shakespeare. Easy read and very entertaining. "

" This is the copy I bought for my children in 1976 which is a fascsimile of the 1909 Edition and is illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Whenever I attend a Shakespearn play, I not only read the play, but read Charles & Mary Lamb's synopsis. It's a great resource. "

" This books helps to take Shakespeare out of "play" format into story-telling - great for reading with the kids - and an intro to the much longer play and old-English format. "

" I got more than half-way through this and only neglected to finish it because it was due back at the library. Wonderful summaries of the plays I have read, and the summaries of the ones I hadn't read made me want to read them. "

" this is a very good pre-shakespeare book for kids. the tales are told in a story line instead of a play scrpt, so i find it easier to follow!:) it is also a good read-aloud. "

" If you're a fan of short stories and suck at interpreting prolific sentences, this book is for you. This is a good introduction for people who wants to meet Shakespeare's works but too lazy to read them. <br/> <br/>It's like reading Edith Hamilton's Mythology, easy, breezy, reading but satisfying. "

" I have had this book for at least 15 years and this is the book that made me fall in love with the stories by Shakespeare. "

" a good way to introduce children to the stories of shakespeare's tales if not his gift of words. "

" This books helps to take Shakespeare out of &quot;play&quot; format into story-telling - great for reading with the kids - and an intro to the much longer play and old-English format. <br/> "

" Well, I certainly thought it was easier to read these stories (though there were a lot of annoyingly simply spelling mistakes) than the original Shakespeare. :) "

" aaah oh now I get it "

" Especially for Lovely Lucy. My intellectual grandaughter. The best beginner's Shakespeare. Easy read and very entertaining. "

" One of the best books to lead any young person into the plays of Shakespeare beautifully. I loved these as a child and it has been fun reading them to my kids. Its still as fresh now as I remember it. A joy. "

" It wasn't a bad introduction to Shakespeare when I was a kid. Even though I'm not a big fan of abridgments or adaptations, I felt like this was okay. "

" This book was a great adventure for someone as unenlightened as me. All of Shakespear's plays are summarized in a neat 10-20 pages and include famous or/and pivotal quotes. "

" I've had this book for like five years and have yet to finish all the stories in here. Pathetic. "

" This book was a good introduction to some of the plays I haven't read yet and a good review of those I have studied. "

" This isn't the exact edition I don't think, but it's close enough. Charles and Mary Lamb do an excellent job of translating several Shakespeare plays into modern, simple English prose for children. "