A Midsummer Night's Dream (Collector's Library) by Collector's Library $7.95
A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the magic begins. A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and by her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an...
By The Great Horn Spoon by Willard E. Lape $42.00
Full of coots, codgers, geezers, and outlaws, this is the rip-snortin’-- and suspenseful-- saga of a young man and his butler bound for California from Boston during the great Gold Rush.
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (Caldecott Honor Book) by Don Wood $7.99
In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. One by one, the Knight, the Queen, the Duke, and eventually all the members of the King's Court attempt--and fail--to persuade King Bidgood to leave his sumptuous bath. Why King Bidgood finally leaves his bathtub makes a delightful surprise ending to this exuberant tale. Beauty aside, this also has a panache...
The Shakespeare Stealer by Puffin $6.99
Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's players perform. As full of twists and turns as a London alleyway, this entertaining novel is rich in period details, colorful characters,...
Midsummer Nights Dream Rsc Book (Rsc Shakespeare) by Palgrave $9.66
From the Royal Shakespeare Company -- a fresh new edition of Shakespeare's most loved comedy. This book includes: * An introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate * The play -- with clear explanatory notes on each page * A scene-by-scene analysis * An introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre * A rich exploration of approaches to...
The Second Mrs. Gioconda by Atheneum Books for Young Readers $6.99
The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? No one knows for sure. But this story of Leonardo, his wayward apprentice Salai, and the Duke of Milan's plain young wife, Beatrice d'Este, may hold the clue to the most famous -- and puzzling -- painting...
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by Yearling $4.99
Eleanor of Aquitaine has every reason to be upset.For centuries she's been patiently waiting for her husband, King Henry II, to meet her in Heaven. Luckily, she's sharing a cloud with some old friends who knew her when she and Henry ruled supreme. As long as they're together, they might as well gossip about old times--and soon all of Eleanor's adventures in the Middle Ages...
Stravaganza City Of Masks by Bloomsbury USA Childrens $8.99
"A Booklist Editors' Choice"A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Midnight Magic by Scholastic Press $15.95
Night after night, a ghost appears in the royal castle Pergamontio, terrifying the princess. Mangus the Magician doesn't believe in ghosts, but that doesn't stop him from being charged with finding this one. The King demands that Mangus free his daughter from the torment of the ghost...otherwise, the magician will pay with his life. Mangus's only hope is his faithful, street-smart servant boy,...
King of Shadows by Margaret K. McElderry Books $5.99
Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London to perform A Midsummer Night's Dream in a new replica of the famous Globe theater. Shortly after arriving in England, Nat goes to bed ill and awakens transported back in time four hundred years...