Bibliography of readings related to "Golden Lads & Lasses": Shakespeare for Children

This article is related to the exhibition, “Golden Lads and Lasses”: Shakespeare for Children.

The following list includes books by and about Shakespeare that are geared for children and were featured in the exhibition. The list is not meant to be comprehensive but to provide a sampling of titles for the young. Unfortunately, some of these titles are out of print.

Aliki. William Shakespeare and the Globe. New York: HarperTrophy, 2000.

Folger Call Number: Folio Sh.Misc. 2044

Aronson, Billy. Romeo & Juliet. Illustrations by Hokanson/Cichetti. Sagebrush, 2001.

Folger Call Number: PR2878.R6 A76 1996 (c1996)

Blackwood, Gary. Shakespeare’s spy. New York: Dutton Books, 2003.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2017

Burdett, Lois. A child’s portrait of Shakespeare. Richmond Hill, Ont.; Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 1995.

Folger Call Number: PR2895 .B87 1995

Burdett, Lois. Macbeth for kids. Firefly Books, 1996.

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Cheaney, J. B. The playmaker. New York: Yearling, 2002.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2019

Chrisp, Peter. Eyewitness: Shakespeare. New York: DK Publishing, 2002.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2003

Cooper, Susan. King of shadows. New York: Aladdin, 2001.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2029

Cullum, Albert. Shake hands with Shakespeare. New York: Scholastic, 1968.

Folger Call Number: PR2877 .C8

Early, Margaret. The most excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.

Folger Call Number: Folio Sh.Misc. 2043

Fiedler, Lisa. Dating Hamlet: Ophelia’s story. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2002.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2008

Forward, Toby. Shakespeare’s Globe: an interactive pop-up theatre. Boston: Candlewick, 2005.

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Garfield, Leon. Shakespeare stories. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2006 (c1985)

Graves, Joseph. Dramatic tales founded on Shakespeare’s plays. London: J. Duncombe, [ca. 1830].

Folger Call Number: Sh.misc. 1591

Hall Schor, Catharine. A midsummer night’s dream. Young people’s Shakespeare series. Shaftsbury, VT: Mountainside Press, 2003.

Folger Call Number: PR2827 .A25 2003

Hassinger, Peter. Shakespeare’s daughter. [New York]: Laura Geringer, 2004.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2018

Hodges, C. Walter. Shakespeare’s theatre. London: Oxford University Press, 1964.

Folger Call Number: PN2589 .H6

Kastan, David Scott, and Marina Kastan. William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Glen Harrington. Poetry for young people series. New York: Sterling Pub., 2000.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2011

Kositsky, Lynne. A Question of Will. Cover illustration by Carol Biberstein. Montréal: Roussan Publishers, 2000.

Folger Call Number: PZ7 .K85255 2000

Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott. New York: Children’s Classics, 1999.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2009

Mark, Jan. Stratford boys. London: Hodder Children’s Books, 2004.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2020

Miller, Carol Rawlings. Irresistible Shakespeare. New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 2001.

Folger Call Number: PR2987 .M55 2001

Nesbit, E. The children's Shakespeare. Illustrated by Frances Brundage, M. Bowley, J. Willis Grey, etc. etc. London; New York: R. Tuck, [189-?].

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2068

Packer, Tina. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated by Gail de Marcken. New York: Scholastic, 2004.

Folger Call Number: PR2877 .P33 2004

Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Simply Shakespeare series. Sagebrush, 2002.

Folger Call Number: PR2823 .A25 2002

———. A midsummer night's dream. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, 1908.

Folger Call Number: Folio PR2827 1908 Copy 1 Sh.Col.

———. Othello. Edited by Roma Gill. Oxford school Shakespeare series. Oxford, UK; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Folger Call Number: PR2829.A2 G5 2002

———. Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Diane Timmerman. 90-minute Shakespeare series. Hanover, NH: Smith & Kraus, 2001.

Folger Call Number: PR2877 .T5 2001

———. Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Rex Gibson. Cambridge school Shakespeare series. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Folger Call Number: PR2831 .A25 1998

Stanley, Diane. Bard of Avon: the story of William Shakespeare. HarperTrophy, 1998.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2005

Von., ill. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. New York: Knopf, 1983.

Folger Call Number: Sh.misc. 1931

Williams, Marcia. Tales from Shakespeare. Boston: Candlewick, 2004.

Folger Call Number: Sh.Misc. 2001