Classics in Graphics: Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Graphic Novel

Shakespeare's Macbeth is now available in a graphic novel format, adapted by expert authors Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow with illustrations by Jason Millet and Edu Rubio. The book aims to make Shakespeare's works accessible to children aged 10 and above, including those with dyslexia. The graphic novel presents the tragic story in a visually engaging way, with simplified text and additional materials at the back for further exploration. The Classics in Graphics series has received praise for its inclusive approach and quality production.

Format: Hardback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 11 August 2022
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Shakespeare's Macbeth, like you've never seen it - or read it - before!

Classics in Graphics: Macbeth has been adapted into a graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Jason Millet and Edu Rubio. The tragic downfall reads like your favorite action film, as Macbeth's desperation becomes more and more deadly.

Classics in Graphics is a series of graphic novels for children aged 10 plus that has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for everyone to enter and understand. Including dyslexia-friendly design on every page, and encouraging readers to relate to these iconic roles - casting spells, falling in love, and winning duels.

Each graphic novel includes pitch-perfect illustrations for presenting the tragic, the romantic, the comedic, the magical, as well as:

- snappy simplified text presenting Shakespeare's themes clearly
- introductory materials to help set the scene and context of each story
- heaps of extra material at the back to keep the learning and fun going, including an exploration of themes in the play, the language, Shakespeare's inspirations, the publication and performance of the play in history, a timeline of Shakespeare's life and works, and much more!

Plays available in the series include:

Macbeth
The Tempest
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing

Praise for the Classics in Graphics series:

Excellent production and binding, quality paper, and with fantastic writing and illustrations - an encouraging entry point to Shakespeare for my kids, and ease of dive-in for my own flying or cursory storytelling engagement/whimsy [...] an excellent job converting challenging language and literary themes to make it very inclusive.

Weight: 546g
Dimension: 179 x 251 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781445180007