Jami Hines's Reviews > Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare

The story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema was a great read. I enjoyed learning about Shakespeare as a boy and the hardships his family fell upon. Who would of thought that the son of a glove maker, a small town boy, who only went to grammar school, could have written these amazing plays. I think that my students were astonished to find out that the actors were all men in this time period. The women were not considered proper for the parts. Can you imagine that now in this era? Shakespeare became a famous and wealthy man and wrote numerous plays. He wrote tragedies comedies, and histories.
The illustrations are well done in gouache, opaque watercolor paint on Fabriano watercolor paper.