Get acquainted with Shakespeare's classic tale of greed and revenge, in this light-hearted and amusing retelling. Bassanio is overjoyed when he finally gets to marry Portia. But, his happiness is short-lived when he is forced to defend his dear friend Antonio, who's in trouble with an old merchant - intent on getting his pound of flesh.
Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage
Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
| ISBN: | 9780008179472 |
| Publication date: | 3rd January 2017 |
| Author: | Jon Mayhew, William Shakespeare |
| Illustrator: | Mona Meslier Menuau |
| Publisher: | Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 55 pages |
| Series: | Collins Big Cat. Shakespeare |
| Genres: |
Children's and Young Adult Fiction Reading Scheme |