This is a perfect introduction for kids ages 9 and up for understanding and appreciating William Shakespeare's lasting legacy. Inspired by scenes from Shakespeare's plays, kids will invent new words and compose sonnets, just as he did. Making a quill pen and cooking a dish of stewed apples can emphasize what daily life was like in Elizabethan times. Staging swordplay and creating authentic costumes bring the theater arts to life. Included are activities such as:

• Play Elizabethan games such as Nine Men's Morris
• Create sound effects for scenes
• Construct a Hornbook
• Using oxymorons for effect
• Make and write with a quill pen
• Produce a scene from Julius Caesar

Over 21 activities abundant photos and illustrations, and rich historical detail in this 147 page book from Chicago Review Press.