Age Group: 9 - 12 Years, 12+ Years

Description:

Step into the moonlit Athenian woods on a magical midsummer night in this beautifully abridged and illustrated retelling of Shakespeare's most enchanting comedy, brought to young readers by Wonder House Books' Shakespeare's Greatest Stories series. Four young lovers — Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius — flee into the forest with hearts in a tangle. There they wander straight into a quarrel between the fairy king Oberon and the proud Queen Titania, whose mischievous sprite Puck wields a magical love potion that turns everything upside down. Add a clumsy band of would-be actors led by the boastful Bottom, who soon sprouts a donkey's head, and the result is one of the funniest, most magical adventures ever written. With simplified language and dreamy, sparkling illustrations throughout, this delightful introduction to the Bard is bursting with love, laughter, mischief, and moonbeam magic.