A bit of a personal one this one.
My own child has shown an interest in reading some Shakespeare after looking at some works at school. She's 10. Now I know that if I hand her my copy of "The complete works of Shakespeare" it will frighten the life out of her and possibly put her off ever trying to read Shakespeare again!
So I put out a call for help to primary teachers on Twitter and got some replies. Apparently the BBC did a series of "Animated Tales" from Shakespeare plays so that looks pretty promising. I was also given the name of some book re-telling the stories in child-friendly speak so did plan to look them up.
But I also put out an equivalent call for help from English teaching colleagues I worked with at my previous school but am still very much in contact with. The response there was great. I immediately ordered two recommended books that tell the stories as comic strips an apparently are very popular with children. I'm yet to take delivery of them but will come back and offer my opinion of how exciting they are for young children.
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