Publisher's Synopsis
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level
Find out about the fascinating life of William Shakespeare - the world's most famous playwright. How did the politics of the time, and the queens, kings and rulers, affect his writing? Who was this man who had such a way with words?
- Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.
- Text type - An information book.
- The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.
- The glossary and index can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.
- Curriculum links: History
