Product Description: Combining biographical profiles with poetry selections, this revised and updated selection of Voices in Poetry highlights the extraordinary lives and talent of some of the world's most influential poets. From Shakespeare's classic love sonnets to Hughes's songs of the African American experience, this series introduces readers to six unique poetic voices from multiple perspectives by featuring full-length poems or excerpts from larger works and examinations of the author's style and thematic material...read more

Product Description: Who was William Shakespeare? How much do we really know about him, and how much of what is believed is myth? This unique biography takes the reader step-by-step through Shakespeare's life, setting out the evidence and what we can reasonably infer about him...read more

Product Description: This illustrated series exhibits biographical accounts of the great people of all time. 'People of Importance' includes a variety of figures, such as Vincent Van Gogh, Mother Teresa, Archimedes, Confucius, Dalai Lama, and Marco Polo.

Product Description: As with many writers before and since, William Shakespeare was influenced by the events that took shape all around him. Sweeping changes to Englands politics, language, and culture that took place during his lifetime were the fertile ground from which the Bard drew inspiration...read more

Product Description: Whether your child has a special interest in theater, poetry, or the work of William Shakespeare, you're going to see a Shakespeare play as a family, or you want to add depth and additional resources to Shakespeare's work that your student is studying in the classroom, Eyewitness: Shakespeare is the ideal choice for you and your child to get to know the bard even better...read more