Monica_in_Switzerland Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Which one do you have and like? I see audible has both Nesbit and Lamb in at least a few editions. Any real winners out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I'm pretty sure you can get both of them for free off Librivox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 I'm pretty sure you can get both of them for free off Librivox. Thank you! I've had such mixed results wth Librivox and have some audible credits to spend, but I will look into these on librivox as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I love Bruce Couple's full cast audio of his Shakespeare adaptions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Of course you don't want to do Shakespeare in German, but just wanted to share these: https://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Shakespeare+kinderman The artist made many lovely books... Audiobook is available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAttachedMama Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Just ask me....I'm a book snob, and I always have opinions about books. hahaha By far MY FAVORITE adaptations of Shakespeare's works are the Young Reader's books by Adam McKeown. The Coville retellings are gorgeous books, however, there is so much left out of the plot! Nesbit and Lamb are ok, but if you really want to make Shakespeare come alive for children.....go with the Adam McKeown books. The McKeown books are much longer, and use a lot of Shakespeare's original language....yet he does it in a way that most kids will understand it completely. The actual books are out of print, but you can find them used if you look around. I know you want an audio version, but the printed McKeown books are absolutely gorgeously illustrated too. They are much, much longer than the Coville, Lamb, or Nesbit retellings, though. The McKeown books are more like chapter books. There are a few of his books available on audible. They are really nice. My one critism is that the narrator's voice is so deep that you can't really distinguish any difference between the different character's voices. (Especially his female characters!) And, the reason that is important, is there are so many characters in every Shakespeare play! I host a small Shakespeare club for children, and the single biggest stumbling block for kids seems to be keeping all of the characters straight! But, my children all have enjoyed the audible versions of these plays as well as the printed books. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalusignan Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 We've enjoyed the Jim Weiss audio of Romeo and Juliet and his 'Shakespeare for Children' (Midsummer Night's Dream and Taming of the Shrew). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Just ask me....I'm a book snob, and I always have opinions about books. hahaha By far MY FAVORITE adaptations of Shakespeare's works are the Young Reader's books by Adam McKeown. The Coville retellings are gorgeous books, however, there is so much left out of the plot! Nesbit and Lamb are ok, but if you really want to make Shakespeare come alive for children.....go with the Adam McKeown books. The McKeown books are much longer, and use a lot of Shakespeare's original language....yet he does it in a way that most kids will understand it completely. The actual books are out of print, but you can find them used if you look around. I know you want an audio version, but the printed McKeown books are absolutely gorgeously illustrated too. They are much, much longer than the Coville, Lamb, or Nesbit retellings, though. The McKeown books are more like chapter books. There are a few of his books available on audible. They are really nice. My one critism is that the narrator's voice is so deep that you can't really distinguish any difference between the different character's voices. (Especially his female characters!) And, the reason that is important, is there are so many characters in every Shakespeare play! I host a small Shakespeare club for children, and the single biggest stumbling block for kids seems to be keeping all of the characters straight! But, my children all have enjoyed the audible versions of these plays as well as the printed books. Thank you! I hadn't heard of these before, but they sound great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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