In this collection, children’s author Edith Nesbit brings twelve of Shakespeare’s most popular plays to life in text specially adapted for young readers. Nesbit takes the plots and some of the original wording of these classic tales and present them as an introduction to Shakespeare’s legacy. Preteens will enjoy these stories, which include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cymbeline, The Taming of the Shrew, Pericles, and The Winter’s Tale.