{"product_id":"bard-of-avon-the-story-of-william-shakespeare-9780062419255","title":"Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrate 400 years of Shakespeare's legacy with this repackage of award-winning author Diane Stanley's tribute to the world-famous playwright William Shakespeare. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody knows exactly when or why William Shakespeare left his boyhood home of Stratford-on-Avon for the great city of London, but it didn't take long for him to make a name for himself. His plays are now performed almost every day in just about every part of the world; even people who've never seen them use words and phrases he introduced into the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did a man from an unremarkable family create a legacy that the world, even 400 years after his death, has never forgotten? There will always be unsolved mysteries about Shakespeare, but what we do know of his life, his times, and his theater makes for a very dramatic story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanley, Diane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDiane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including \u003cem\u003eThe Silver Bowl\u003c\/em\u003e, which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBook Links\u003c\/em\u003e Lasting Connections, and was an ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice; \u003cem\u003eThe Cup and the Crown\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSaving Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Arab American Museum's Arab American Book Award and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; \u003cem\u003eBella at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year and an ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice; \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eA Time Apart\u003c\/em\u003e. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMs. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales: \u003cem\u003eThe Giant and the Beanstalk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGoldie and the Three Bears\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRumpelstiltskin's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. dianestanleybooks.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607411986706,"sku":"9780062419255","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d404a6d-26b3-47b3-be92-7de1923419de.jpg?v=1732308170","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bard-of-avon-the-story-of-william-shakespeare-9780062419255","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}