Introduce your young readers to the world of Shakespeare! In the early 1800s Charles and Mary Lamb selected 20 of the Bard's plays and paraphrased them for children. Retaining the vivid characters and plots of each story, they also incorporated lines from the original text, deftly worked into the narrative. Includes Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, and more. 369 pages, hardcover from Children's Classics.