Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Joining Bruce Coville’s earlier prose adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays is this picture book treatment of the Bard’s most popular work ever. The tender story of the young star-crossed lovers from warring families, Romeo and Juliet has moved audiences to tears for four hundred years. And Coville tells it in a way that will surely whet the appetite of young audiences, who w….Read More
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