Various Readers

Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the magic begins. A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and by her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing magical love potions...

In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason's name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West--a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power. Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel...

"This new edition of Cambridge School Shakespeare has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. It remains faithful to the series' active approach, which treats each play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed." "As well as the complete scripts (established by scholars working on the New Cambridge Shakespeare), you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, a running synopsis of the action and an explanation...