A goose named Willoughby visits London, meets a friendly actor-playwright named Shakespeare, and helps make literary history.

A goose named Willoughby visits London, meets a friendly actor-playwright named Shakespeare, and helps make literary history.

This classic tale by Freeman is the story of Willoughby Waddles, a goose in Elizabethan London who befriends a playwright named Will and helps the young man by giving up some of his feathers.

This valuable reference guide provides suggestions of picture books set in more than 70 countries in each continent of the world, along with standards-based activities. Reading the World with Picture Books presents an exhaustive collection of booktalk options with picture books that are set in the major countries of each continent. Hundreds of children's books with an international flavor are organized by continent and then by country, and suggested activities accompany the titles, encouraging students to interpret information related to historical or geographic concepts and use problem-solving skills. Activities range from those appropriate for beginners to experienced researchers/writers. All call for high-level thinking and most provide opportunities to respond in creative ways. In addition, all of the activities are keyed to selected national standards in language arts and social studies. The picture books suggested are not only excellent choices to capture a booktalk audience's attention and educate young readers about world culture, but also to demonstrate how human beings have adapted to the various environments of the world.

Shakespeare representations in cartoons and comic books; film adaptations; pop music; literature and genre fiction; radio; US and UK television.

Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in performance, and this edition emphasizes its theatrical qualities in both the introduction and the full and detailed commentary. Where the original music has not survived, James Walker has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals, freshly edited, so that this edition, uniquely, offers all the music required to perform the play.