The Tempest for Kids (Shakespeare Can Be Fun!)

A wonderful telling of The Tempest and it made me buy the entire series.

My lower level learners loved this!

This book series is great. My kids love listening to the period and seeing the pictures drawn by kids their age. It makes it super fun and easy for them to learn Shakespeare on their level.

Overall, I like this book. It wasn't my favorite in this series by any means, but this story isn't often done for children's books in the first place, so it's probably the best of the limited selection. I don't love the original story and it's very complicated to condense down into a manageable children's tale. The author of this work does a pretty decent job, although sometimes I found the characters mentioned too briefly to easily grasp who they were when they popped back into the story again later. Unfortunately, the illustrations actually seemed to detract from the story rather than help it. I had no problems with the obviously childish drawings (that is what makes this series so unique, after all), but with so many characters doing all sorts of strange things, consistency would have helped a whole lot in identifying and remembering who was who and what they were doing. That simply wasn't possible when many different artists contributed their very different views of the characters. Again, I like this series and recommend this particular book, but expect to do a bit of explaining to your child of what's going on (or at the very least, pre-read the story if you aren't familiar with it to get a handle on who everyone is).

This is a great way to introduce middle school students to Shakespeare!

Really a very nice read and age appropriate. It's a great way for your children to learn Shakespeare's Tempest so when they hear the actual version, they do not struggle with the language to get the story.

I LOVE this concept, but I have a real issue with the spelling errors on the kids' writings. I understand these are 7 and 8 yr olds but there's something to be said about teaching revising and proofreading before a final draft that's going to be published. My son is having a hard time reading the books in this series because of the incorrect spelling. We purchased 7 of the 8 books in the series.

Wonderful teaching for children and adults alike!

Arrived on time. My son followed this version of tempest and read it during school holidays. Even got a certificate at school as they are studying tempest and he followed it easily. ☺

My granddaughter loves this story and it really helps her to understand Shakespeare. She reads it over and over again.

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I'm sure to Shakespeare lovers this is a great book. I however found it dull. I'm trying to get inspired for the new term but this did nothing at all to convince me that I should be reading it. Give it a go if you feel you want to. Disappointed.

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