Welcome to the second entry in our Lockdown Library! This one is aimed at slightly older children than part 1 (which you can see here), though younger children will likely still enjoy reading along too!
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Books on the Bard: Wallbook Timeline of Shakespeare
What On Earth? Wallbook Timeline Of Shakespeare
A two metre fold-out timeline that showcases the plots of all Shakespeare’s plays.
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Books on the Bard: Explore! Shakespeare
Explore! Shakespeare
Not just about Shakespeare!
Books on the Bard: Mr. William Shakespeare’s Plays
By Marcia Williams (Walker Books)
Colourful Storyboards of Seven Plays
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Books on the Bard: Terry Deary’s Best Ever Shakespeare Tales
As Terry says in his introduction:
“Shakespeare wrote plays so people would be entertained.
He wanted people to have FUN!”
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Books on the Bard: Where’s Will?
By illustrator Tilly and author Anna Claybourne (Ivy Press)
A Shakespearean Where’s Wally!
Books on the Bard: Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary
By David Crystal and Ben Crystal (Oxford University Press)
If you don’t know your bodkin from your falchion, this is a book for you!
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Books on the Bard: Brick Shakespeare
To help celebrate Shakespeare’s anniversary on 23rd April, we look at some interesting and fun children’s books surrounding the bard – and my, how many there are!
Children’s Novel Wins Costa Book of the Year
Congratulations to Frances Hardinge for winning the prestigious Costa Book of the Year Award 2015 with her Victorian murder mystery The Lie Tree – and for being only the second children’s novel to win since the award began!
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