David Angus presents a collection of classic ballet stories, including Coppelia, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Swann Lake.

Presents the stories of ten well-known ballets, including Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, and others.

Retells eight ballet plots based on original and classic fairy tales. Includes discussion questions.

Presents the history of ballet and a look at one particular ballet, Swan Lake, in the form of a child's school report.

"How to introduce kids to Shakespeare--not just to the stories behind the plays but to the richness of his language and the depth of his characters. That's the challenge that Leon Garfield, a wonderful children's book writer, undertook to meet in his monumental and delightful Shakespeare Stories. Here are twenty-one of the Bard's plays, presented in what is not a series of dry retellings, but rather a refashioning of the dramas as stories, in a way...

A prose retelling of "Romeo and Juliet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "The Tempest."

Presents a collection of profiles of major authors, dramatists, essayist, and poets. Analyzes some of their most well-known works. Includes discussion questions and photographs. Features six volumes arranged in alphabetical order.

Presents a modern, urban retelling in verse of the ballet in which brave Amiri falls in love with beautiful Odette and fights evil Big Red for her on the streets of the Swan Lake Projects.