Child's Portrait of Shakespeare: Shakespeare Can Be Fun

Enjoyed by readers of age: 9 to 12

Read the most by: boys and girls

"Who is William Shakespeare?" For more than 20 years, Lois Burdett has asked that question of her elementary school students in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, leading them on a voyage of discovery that brings the Bard to life for boys and girls ages seven and up.

A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare, written in rhyming couplets is suitable for staging as class plays as well as reading aloud.