Overview

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S plays are presented as never before, with all thirty-eight masterpieces simultaneously performed in front of you on a 6-foot fold-out timeline set in the iconic Globe Theatre. Spot the ghosts, hunt for the murderers, discover the poison, and revel in Elizabethan romance as each play unfolds. Concise plot summaries, key textual quotes, and carefully illustrated scenes help pinpoint the action. Developed in partnership with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the timeline also features essential moments in Shakespeare's life providing a unique narrative context to the works of the world's favourite bard. The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook also includes an easy-to-read chronicle that reports on more than forty seminal moments from the timeline in the style of a newspaper. Other features include a page of letters to the editor, a fifty-question quiz, and pocket magnifier. Perfect for ages 6 to 14, but equally fascinating for all curious adults too.

Full Product Details

Author:   Christopher Lloyd ,  Andy Forshaw ,  Patrick Skipworth
Publisher:   What on Earth Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   What on Earth Publishing North America Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 26.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 36.00cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780993284762

ISBN 10:   0993284760
Pages:   26
Publication Date:   18 April 2017
Recommended Age:   From 6 to 14 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Children LOVE the What on Earth? format and this is a book that I have used in class frequently. Children who claim to have no interest in Shakespeare are drawn in and can t help but ask questions about what they see and read. It is an excellent starting point for further work! One thing I really like about using it in class in how many children can be involved at one time, leading to lots of smaller discussions that can be fed back to everyone. This book is a valuable resource for history life in Elizabethan (early Stuart!) times, history of the theatre, costume, buildings, etc. and literacy- the plays, language, etymology etc. However, although the subject matter here is mainly history/ literacy, children can learn a lot about presenting information in different formats, evaluating its success and then applying this in contexts across the curriculum. EMILY BEALE NORTH SOMERSET TEACHERS BOOK AWARDS REVIEW Children LOVE the What on Earth? format and this is a book that I have used in class frequently. Children who claim to have no interest in Shakespeare are drawn in and can t help but ask questions about what they see and read. It is an excellent starting point for further work! One thing I really like about using it in class in how many children can be involved at one time, leading to lots of smaller discussions that can be fed back to everyone. This book is a valuable resource for history and life in Elizabethan (early Stuart!) times, history of the theatre, costume, buildings, etc. and literacy the plays, language, etymology etc. Although the subject matter is mainly history/ literacy, children can learn a lot about presenting information in different formats, evaluating its success and then applying this in contexts across the curriculum. EMILY BEALE TEACHERS BOOK AWARDS REVIEW Amazingly inviting for children! We had a set of the Nature, Sport, Science and History Wallbooks first and my 7 year old daughter was keenly awaiting the publication of the Shakespeare Wallbook after seeing Chris Lloyd talking about it at her school. I have seen her and her contemporaries engrossed by the pictures and the snippets of information. I personally used the Wallbook as a creative prompt in a primary school art workshop and as part of an exhibition of children s work on Shakespeare and in both cases witnessed children and adults debating and discussing Shakespeare, on an equal footing, and with much interest and enthusiasm!. OLIVIA SMITH Our brains positively fizzed and buzzed - Holy Preparatory School The What on Earth? series of wallbooks have become known for delivering the facts on various subjects in a fun, informative and visually appealing way. These books deliver on many levels and I couldn t be more impressed. Never mind the children I d like the whole series for myself! www.pocketfulofrye.co.uk 'The thirty-eight plays of William Shakespeare that are featured in The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook are presented as masterpieces simultaneously performed in front of children ages 6 to 14 on a 6-foot fold-out timeline set in the iconic Globe Theatre. Kids in grades 1 through 9 can spot the ghosts, hunt for the murderers, discover the poison, and revel in Elizabethan romance as each play unfolds. Concise plot summaries, key textual quotes, and carefully illustrated scenes help pinpoint the action. The timeline also features essential moments in Shakespeare's life providing a unique narrative context to the works of the world's favorite bard. The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook also includes an easy-to-read chronicle that reports on more than forty seminal moments from the timeline in the style of a newspaper. Other features include a page of letters to the editor, a fifty-question quiz, and pocket magnifier. Developed in partnership with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook is unreservedly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to family, school, and community library collections.' JAMES A. COX - MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, CHILDREN'S BOOKWATCH - REVIEWER'S CHOICE (Feb '17) ' The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook is unreservedly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to family, school, and community library collections.' JAMES A. COX - MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, CHILDREN'S BOOKWATCH - REVIEWER'S CHOICE (Feb '17) 'Thanks to its uncommon format, this What on Earth? Wallbook is a tremendously engaging resource on a well-covered topic: the collected works of William Shakespeare. Engrossing and packed with information, this interactive book will capture fresh interest for the world's most beloved playwright.' aEURO Erin Anderson, Booklist Children LOVE the 'What on Earth?' format and this is a book that I have used in class frequently. Children who claim to have no interest in Shakespeare are drawn in and can't help but ask questions about what they see and read. It is an excellent starting point for further work! One thing I really like about using it in class in how many children can be involved at one time, leading to lots of smaller discussions that can be fed back to everyone. This book is a valuable resource for history - life in Elizabethan (early Stuart!) times, history of the theatre, costume, buildings, etc. - and literacy- the plays, language, etymology etc. However, although the subject matter here is mainly history/ literacy, children can learn a lot about presenting information in different formats, evaluating its success and then applying this in contexts across the curriculum. EMILY BEALE - NORTH SOMERSET TEACHERS' BOOK AWARDS REVIEW a tremendously engaging resource..... engrossing and packed with information this interactive book will capture fresh interest for the world's most beloved playwright... - Booklist The What on Earth? series of wallbooks have become known for delivering the facts - on various subjects - in a fun, informative and visually appealing way. These books deliver on many levels and I couldn't be more impressed. Never mind the children - I'd like the whole series for myself! www.pocketfulofrye.co.uk Our brains positively fizzed and buzzed - Holy Preparatory School Thanks to its uncommon format, this What on Earth? Wallbook is a tremendously engaging resource on a well-covered topic: the collected works of William Shakespeare. Engrossing and packed with information, this interactive book will capture fresh interest for the world's most beloved playwright. (Booklist) * Booklist * The thirty-eight plays of William Shakespeare that are featured in The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook are presented as masterpieces simultaneously performed in front of children ages 6 to 14 on a 6-foot fold-out timeline set in the iconic Globe Theatre. Kids in grades 1 through 9 can spot the ghosts, hunt for the murderers, discover the poison, and revel in Elizabethan romance as each play unfolds. Concise plot summaries, key textual quotes, and carefully illustrated scenes help pinpoint the action. The timeline also features essential moments in Shakespeare's life providing a unique narrative context to the works of the world's favorite bard. The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook also includes an easy-to-read chronicle that reports on more than forty seminal moments from the timeline in the style of a newspaper. Other features include a page of letters to the editor, a fifty-question quiz, and pocket magnifier. Developed in partnership with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook is unreservedly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to family, school, and community library collections. (Children's Bookwatch, Reviewer's Choice) This foldout book expands to create a six-foot-long removable timeline of Shakespeare's life, featuring panels devoted to his plays. Cartoon figures, drawn in a clear-line style, appear in key dramatic scenes, accompanied by quotations and summaries that readers can examine through an included magnification sheet (on its own, the font used for the recaps and context is almost comically small). Supplementing the timeline and its miniature theatrical stagings is the Wallbook Chronicle, which is designed to look like a broadsheet newspaper filled with fictitious Shakespeare-related stories ( Stars crossed as West Side lovers take a tragic turn, reads the headline for a faux review of West Side Story). A selection of sonnets, letters to the editor from across the centuries, and a quiz round out this engaging resource for readers just getting to know Shakespeare and his work. (Publishers Weekly) * Publishers' Weekly *

<ul> <strong><i> Children LOVE the 'What on Earth?' format </strong>and this is a book that I have used in class frequently. Children who claim to have no interest in Shakespeare are drawn in and can't help but ask questions about what they see and read. It is an excellent starting point for further work! One thing I really like about using it in class in how many children can be involved at one time, leading to lots of smaller discussions that can be fed back to everyone. This book is a valuable resource for history - life in Elizabethan (early Stuart!) times, history of the theatre, costume, buildings, etc. - and literacy- the plays, language, etymology etc. However, although the subject matter here is mainly history/ literacy, children can learn a lot about presenting information in different formats, evaluating its success and then applying this in contexts across the curriculum. </i> EMILY BEALE - NORTH SOMERSET TEACHERS' BOOK AWARDS REVIEW</ul>

The What on Earth? series of wallbooks have become known for delivering the facts on various subjects in a fun, informative and visually appealing way. These books deliver on many levels and I couldn t be more impressed. Never mind the children I d like the whole series for myself! www.pocketfulofrye.co.uk

Amazingly inviting for children! We had a set of the Nature, Sport, Science and History Wallbooks first and my 7 year old daughter was keenly awaiting the publication of the Shakespeare Wallbook after seeing Chris Lloyd talking about it at her school. I have seen her and her contemporaries engrossed by the pictures and the snippets of information. I personally used the Wallbook as a creative prompt in a primary school art workshop and as part of an exhibition of children s work on Shakespeare and in both cases witnessed children and adults debating and discussing Shakespeare, on an equal footing, and with much interest and enthusiasm!. OLIVIA SMITH

Author Information

Christopher Lloyd graduated with a double-first class degree in history from Cambridge University. Christopher became Technology Editor with The Sunday Times newspaper in London and is now a bestselling author of more than fifteen books on world history including What on Earth Happened? (Bloomsbury), the series of What on Earth Timeline Wallbooks, Absolutely Everything! and more. He is in great demand as a lecturer and public speaker throughout the world, including at TEDx talks, conferences, educational seminars, museums, festivals and schools. Patrick Skipworth studied Classics and Linguistics in London and the Netherlands, connecting the dots between ancient cultures, their histories and their languages. Today, Patrick is a children’s book editor, but likes to write his own stories when he can. Some of his favourite topics are prehistoric bugs, super-inteligent robots and legends from far away places.

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