Much Ado About Nothing

Fall in love with this Shakespearean comedy about finding and losing love. A host of characters try to act as matchmakers for a young couple, while another couple is to be married. But everything doesn't go as planned when a meddling villain schemes to ruin the wedding. As the third installation in the Play On Shakespeare series, this book explains and identifies literary devices with color-coded text and introduces key characters and settings in a playbill style introduction. It retells the Bard's tale following the original acts, and includes a beautifully illustrated map identifying the plays geographic setting, as well as a spread with background information about Shakespeare's life and times. All in 48 lively pages exploding with illustrations that enhance the story with detail and humor. Truly a unique picture book retelling of a literary classic.