Thanks to Alyson Beecher's Non-Fiction Picture Book Challenge at Kidlit Frenzy, everyone shares wonderful non-fiction picture books. I am fortunate that my library had both the following books, and that I didn't have to wait long for them.
Will’s Words: How William Shakespeare Changed
the Way You Talk - Jane Sutcliffe and John Shelley
It’s a simple format, author letter
at the beginning and the end, and in between, lots of information presented clearly.
Each double-page spread overflows with people, those living in London, on their
way to the theater, especially to the Globe Theater. On the left, a small
explanation of some part of life connecting to Shakespeare’s writing and the
theater. For example, explaining that the Globe was more like a football
stadium than our traditional thoughts of theaters today. And there were no
restrooms. Jane Sutcliffe shares that looking for one “would have been a wild-goose chase,” which is a phrase
that Shakespeare gave us. It is found in Romeo and Juliet, Act Two, Scene IV.
On the right sits another box
explaining the words, what they meant then, and now, and where they can be
found in one of Shakespeare’s plays.