Will's words : how William Shakespeare changed the way you talk / Jane Sutcliffe ; illustrated by John Shelley.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781580896382 (reinforced for library use)
- 1580896383 (reinforced for library use)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language -- Juvenile literature
- English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Terms and phrases -- Juvenile literature
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Juvenile literature
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language
- English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Terms and phrases
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 822.33 S965 | Available | 33111008157725 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 822.33 S965 | Available | 33111008382836 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When Jane Sutcliffe sets out to write a book about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, in her own words, she runs into a problem- Will's words keep popping up all over the place! What's an author to do? After all, Will is responsible for such familiar phrases as "what's done is done" and "too much of a good thing." He even helped turn "household words" into household words.
But, Jane embraces her dilemma, writing about Shakespeare, his plays, and his famous phrases with glee. After all, what better words are there to use to write about the greatest writer in the English language than his very own? As readers will discover, "the long and the short of it" is this- Will changed the English language forever.
Backmatter includes an author's note, a bibliography, and a timeline.
Looks at William Shakespeare and the way his use of words affected our use of the English language today, in the form of a narrative about the writer and his times with words and phrases highlighted that were first used by him, and informative parallel text about them.
Includes bibliographical references.