World Famous Comics: Hamlet (Picture This! Shakespeare)
Hamlet (Picture This! Shakespeare)
By: Christina Lacie Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Barron's Educational Series Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 64 Publication Date: November 01, 2006 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: Newest in Barron’s growing Picture This! Shakespeare Series is the immortal tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, who seeks to avenge the death of his father. Each title in this series introduces a Shakespeare play to beginning students in a highly original graphic-novel format, which is supplemented with substantial excerpts from Shakespeare’s original dialogue. Also presented are thumbnail sketches of the play’s main characters and a succinct plot summary that explains the play’s main themes and meanings. Students who feel overwhelmed by the original Shakespeare texts can use titles in this series as an important first step in understanding these literary masterpieces. Supplementing every Picture This! Shakespeare student edition is a teacher’s resource guide that suggests topics for classroom discussion and presents enlightening activities intended to fulfill the needs of a multi-skill-level classroom environment.
Pretty good idea - pretty mediocre execution I bought this version of sequential-art (i.e., comics) Shakespeare along with a couple others. By far, the best of the set was the Classics Illustrated (not Illustrated Classics) with artwork by Tom Mandrake---he has done an excellent job of integrating Shakespeare's verbal art with comics visual art. That said, the Picture This! version seems to be more of a bland teaching tool than a work of artistry. The illustrations are uninspired and far from integrated. On the good side though, the editors for this series at least had enough respect for Shakespeare's language to include long passages of the playscript. Also, there are some helpful tips and questions (e.g., footnotes with definitions) to help students reflect on what's happening in the play.
Taken by itself, it's a decent textbook. But in the context of what Shakespeare was doing, and what Tom Mandrake has demonstrated is possible, it's sadly lacking.
This Book is so good! I homeschool 6th, 7th, and 9th grade. This book has given me a love for Shakespeare ,finally. The kids love this style of interpretation, and I highly recommend the Teachers Edition for novice teachers of Shakespeare.
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