adaptations

Picture book adaptation of Shakespeare's play of magic and enchantment in which Ferdinand and Miranda, the children of deadly enemies, meet and fall in love, melting the hardened hearts of their fathers.

Contains illustrated, narrative retellings of nine Shakespeare plays, including "Much Ado About Nothing," and "The Winter's Tale.".

Introduces Shakespeare and his literary creations through stories drawn from ten of his plays.

A retelling of Homer's account of the tenth year of the Trojan War, centering around Achilles' quarrel with Agamemnon and his revenge against Hector.

Retells, in simplified prose, William Shakespeare's play about a prince of Denmark who seeks revenge for his father's murder.

Retells seven of Shakespeare's plays--"Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Macbeth," "The Winter's Tale," "Julius Caesar," and "The Tempest"--in comic book format.

A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about a man who kills his king after hearing the prophesies of three witches.

A prose retelling of four tales from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," in which travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury in the Middle Ages share their stories.

A graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel in which a young Lithuanian immigrant, hoping to create a good life for himself and his family in the early 1900s, is discouraged by the shocking conditions he encounters as a worker in the Chicago stockyards.

Retells seven of Shakespeare's plays--"Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Macbeth," "The Winter's Tale," "Julius Caesar," and "The Tempest"--in comic book format.