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Matthews, Andrew. The Random House Book of Shakespeare Stories. Illus. Angela Barrett. New York: Random House, 2001. $20.95 (worth it!) ISBN 0-375-81610-0.

Romeo and Juliet is one of eight plays rewritten in prose and beautifully illustrated. This is a fine gift book for older children or adolescents. Matthews tells stories well in language that does not talk down to the reader retains the feeling of poetry, and captures the complexities of the plot.

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