Barrington Stoke Conkers: The Boy and the Globe by Tony Bradman (author) and Tom Morgan-Jones (illustrator) (UK edition)

A young boy re-awakens the Bard’s love for the theatre in this lively novel, illustrated throughout and packed with fun activities to spark a love of Shakespeare in young readers.

Young Toby lives on his wits. An orphan and a street-child, he navigates Jacobean London like an old hand. Meanwhile the city has lost its charm for Will Shakespeare, the playwright from Stratford. Beset by troubles personal and professional and suffering from writer’s block, he has grown to hate the drama business. But when Toby stumbles into the Globe, the boy’s energy and enthusiasm remind Will of the magic that first inspired his love of the theatre, and the two set to work on a new entertainment for The Tempest.

Product Details

Catalogue number

3116 in Rewards Catalogue 2024/25

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781781125038

Publisher

Barrington Stoke Ltd

Date published

March 3rd, 2016

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.0; Middle years; 2.0 points

Other details

192 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman is extremely well known in the world of children’s books as both a writer and reviewer. He has had particular success with books for young readers, and his best known series to date, ‘Dilly the Dinosaur’, has been in print for over 10 years. ‘Magnificent Mummies’ and ‘Mummies in Memphis’ have both sold over 50,000 copies. He has been published in Italy, Scandinavia and the US.