Who Was William Shakespeare?
by Celeste Davidson Mannis and John O'Brien • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2006
Word Count 8,937
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 112155
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Dramatists, English
- Early modern, 1500-1700
- Shakespeare, William
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
- Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Juvenile literature
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