Thomas and Friends: Ride Along with Thomas Book

Lois Burdett has done a fine job of making Shakespeare accessible for elementary aged children, without dumbing down or abridging the story. Here is Macbeth in all its horror and gore, with pivotal dialogue left intact so as to become familiar to a young audience. The story is illustrated by children's drawings of the characters and action, which adds to the kid-friendliness of the story written in rhyme.

My only complaint - a number of the illustrations show children's written summaries of various scenes which contain spelling errors. This was distracting to my daughter trying to read them, especially because spelling is a skill my wife and I actively stress as parents. I understand why these were not corrected - to maintain the authenticity of the children's work - but we eventually skipped them because they frustrated both of us. A minor complaint. This is a fantastic introduction to the Bard which will stimulate the curiosity to explore further.