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A collection of seven of Shakespeare's best-loved plays adapted for children in plain English with additional commentary. Performed in plain English by a full cast.

Creating unique pieces of art comes easy to some people. Knowing the ins and outs of actually selling arts and crafts can sometimes be a little tricky. This book is designed to help those of you who want to sell your creations online or offline. It may be much more fun to create things than it is to do all of the research required to get you on the way to actually selling your arts and crafts.

Are you tired of paying utility bills? Are you looking for a simpler lifestyle? Is someone stalking you and making your life miserable? If so, then this book is for you! Maybe you’re ready to disappear from society and start over! That’s why I’m writing this book. To help those who want to learn how to prepare and make the switch to off-grid living. Once you get a taste of that life, the thought of fading into the background of nature might present itself.

The Kids' Shakespeare Collection - Volume 2 is a collection of full cast theatrical productions of Shakespeare's plays for kids. The plays include: Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, The Winter’s Tale, Richard II, Richard III, Coriolanus, A Comedy of Errors, and a guide to Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Plays are full theatrical productions in plain English and abridged to a format that is suitable for a younger audience. This is an ideal introduction to Shakespeare.

Love's Labour's Lost is believed to be among Shakespeare's earlier plays and was performed before Queen Elizabeth in 16th-century England. It is a comedy as the King of Narrarre and his three friends (Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville) take an oath to avoid the company of women for three years. The arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies in waiting quickly disrupts their scheme. The result is a level of confusion common to Shakespearean comedies.

This is an innovative audiobook that combines narration with actually hearing the instruments playing well-known classical pieces from the best known composers as part of an orchestra. The book introduces the major sections of the orchestra - strings, brass, woodwind, and percussion including describing the individual instruments within each section. This book is a great introduction to the orchestra for younger children where it brings classical music and the different instruments that perform it to life.

Shakespeare for Kids adapts and abridges Shakespeare's classic plays presenting them in shorter versions in plain English, in this case our abridged adaptation of The Merchant of Venice runs just under 20 minutes. Short enough to retain the interest of a younger audience. The Merchant Of Venice is considered a romantic comedy, though has its share of dramatic scenes. A young nobleman wishes to borrow money to spend on a wealthy heiress, but falls foul of an unethical moneylender.

Abridged Shakespeare productions written for kids and performed by voice actors. This set includes Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Comedy of Errors, as well as additional content on the life and times of Shakespeare. This is great introduction to some of Shakespeare's finest works, made more accessible for younger listeners.

This plain-English version of King Lear clocks in at just under 20 minutes, ensuring the subject matter is appropriate for a younger audience. King Lear is one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies from the 1600s and tells the story of a king's relationships with his three daughters. It is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's most accomplished plays.

This version of Shakespeare's classic comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor is adapted to plain English. This is one of Shakespeare's comedies first published in the early 1600s. This adaptation is simplified in plain English and targeted at a younger audience. The plot tells the story of the romantic aspirations of the greedy and immoral Falstaff as he pursues the attentions of multiple women. Various plots are launched to try and foil his plans.

If you have a seven-year-old who wants to explore classical music, this audiobook can launch that journey. This audiobook tells a set of stories about a child and his grandparents and the power of classical music. Each chapter reviews a particular piece of classical music and the emotion it creates without getting too technical. The piece captures the theme of that story and showcases the range of classical music across the book. Composers featured include Beethoven, Vivaldi, and Chopin and the range of moods they can create with different compositions.

Join Mrs Beckett's class as they learn all about what happens to trash and how recycling works. They learn about the impact of waste on the environment and how to reuse, reduce, and recycle. Presenting these stories through a familiar classroom setting provides a way for kids to immediate relate to import environmental issues.

Meditation is an important skill to learn with many benefits. This audiobook helps a younger audience understand the practice on mediation and features six examples of guided meditations to try, set to calming instrumental backgrounds. Topics covered include the elements of meditation, an overview of how the human brain and mind works, the primary elements of meditation, and why a focus on breathing is so important.

Plain English Shakespeare adapts and abridges Shakespeare's classic plays presenting them in shorter versions in plain English. Antony and Cleopatra is a Roman tragedy with romantic and comedic aspects, first performed around 1607, based on Thomas North's translation of the story Plutarch's lives in Ancient Greek. The plays follows Antony and Cleopatra at a time of strife in Sicily and the Roman Republic more broadly.

This book helps elementary school children better understand nocturnal animals, those creatures that come out at night. The book covers bats, raccoons, owls, opossums, cats, and beavers. This is a fact-based book offering a clear summary of what makes each animal special in language kids can understand.

This is a fun collection of questions for kids aged four to seven about all aspects of the natural world. The different groups of simple questions focus on mammals, insects, sea and water creatures, flying and feathered friends, reptiles, our planet, the seasons, trees and plants, animal homes and habitats, and finally some animal and nature jokes.

In this classic Shakespeare tale as adapted for a younger audience by Elaina Garcia, Coriolanus makes his name as a general defending Rome. However, he does not win support of the people as a Roman consul, so he must make other plans. This version is adapted for a younger audience, told in plain English and downplaying some of the more adult themes of the play while remaining true to Shakespeare's plot and intent.

Always be prepared! In a true doomsday scenario event, you are your family’s first line of care. When 911 is no longer an option, you will have to be the medical professional for your family in any situation. If the grid goes down, we face chemical or biological attack, or simply survive a hurricane, everyone should know how to care for medical emergencies. You must learn to become your family’s medical professional. In my audiobook, Practical Doomsday Medicine, I will teach you all about medicine in an extreme emergency situation.

This book provides a quick introduction for children to the responsibilities of dog ownership. In simple language it details the types of dog breed, how to care for a dog and first steps in dog training. This book should make your young child a better dog owner if you have a puppy on the way. Topics covered include the major dog breeds and their typical traits, and how that breed characteristics impacts the selecting an appropriate dog. The book also covers caring for a dog including exercise, grooming, safety, and basic medical topics.

This audiobook serves as fantastic introduction to all styles of music, from rock to hip-hop, from classical to bluegrass. This is because multiple examples of musical styles and genres are played throughout the audiobook in sync with the narration. The book discusses musical themes and the elements that determine how music is created, including tempo, beat, pitch, dynamics, and rhythm.