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William Shakespeare

From the February 22, 2009 Pigeon Post essay of the same name.


This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare and Marina Kastan Recommended
William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki Suggested
Shakespeare's Quill by Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster and illustrated by Leighton Noyes and Karen Radford Suggested
Wills Quill, Or, How a Goose Saved Shakespeare by Don Freeman Suggested
Shakespeare Cats by Susan Herbert Suggested
Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard by Gregory Rogers Suggested
Bard of Avon by Peter Vennema and Diane Stanley Suggested
Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams Suggested
More Tales From Shakespeare by Marcia Williams Suggested
Macbeth for Kids by Lois Burdett & William Shakespeare Suggested
Twelfth Night by Lois Burdett and Christine Coburn Suggested
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Lois Burdett Suggested
Much Ado About Nothing for Kids by Lois Burdett Suggested
Hamlet by Lois Burdett and William Shakespeare Suggested
The Tempest by Lois Burdett and William Shakespeare Suggested
A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare by Lois Burdett Suggested


Independent Reader

The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood Recommended
Shakespeare's Scribe by Gary L. Blackwood Recommended
Shakespeare's Spy by Gary L. Blackwood Recommended
Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney Recommended
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper Recommended
Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Michael Foreman Recommended
Shakespeare Stories II by Leon Garfield and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Michael Foreman Recommended
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb and illustrated by Joelle Jolivet Recommended
The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Rolf Klep Recommended
Shakespeare by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Robert R. Ingpen Recommended
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Recommended
William Shakespeare's Hamlet by Bruce Coville and illustrated by Leonid Gore Recommended
William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream by Bruce Coville and illustrated by Dennis Nolan Recommended
William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Gary Kelley Recommended
Romeo and Juliet by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Dennis Nolan Recommended
William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Leuyen Pham Recommended
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Tim Raglin Recommended
Shakespeare: The Bard’s Guide to Abuses and Affronts by William Shakespeare Recommended
Romeo and Juliet Together and Alive at Last by Avi Suggested
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach Suggested
Welcome to the Globe! by Peter Chrisp Suggested
Shakespeare by Peter Chrisp and illustrated by Steve Teague Suggested
Stories from Shakespeare by Marchette Chute Suggested
Something Rotten by Alan M. Gratz Suggested
Shakespeare's Insults by William Shakespeare, Wayne F. Hill and Cynthia J. Ottchen Suggested
William Shakespeare edited by David Scott Kasten and Marina Kastan and illustrated by Glenn Harrington Suggested
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ronald Koertge Suggested
Loving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn Meyer Suggested
Tales from Shakespeare by Tina Packer and illustrated by various Recommended
William Shakespeare by Stewart Ross Suggested


Young Adult

Shakespeare by Bill Bryson Recommended
Great Books by David Denby Recommended
William Shakespeare Complete Works edited by Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen and Heloise Senechal Suggested
Shakespeare by Harold Bloom Suggested
Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell Suggested
The Playmaker by J. B. Cheaney Suggested
Shakespeare's Words by David Crystal and Ben Crystal Suggested
Dating Hamlet by Lisa Fiedler and William Shakespear Suggested
So You Think You Know Shakespeare? by Clive Gifford Suggested
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare and edited by Roma Gill Suggested
Will In The World by Stephen Greenblatt Suggested
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber Suggested
Coined by Shakespeare by Jeff McQuain and Stanley Malless and illustrated by R.O. Blechman Suggested
Swan Town by Michael J. Ortiz Suggested
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson Suggested
Will by Christopher Rush Suggested

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