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Stratford is synonymous with William
Shakespeare, but there's more than just the Bard. Start with your explorations
with the Birthplace Museum, the house were Shakespeare was a kid,
furnished with period Elizabethan furniture. |
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Take in a play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, but
kids might prefer a backstage tour. Check out the Royal
Shakespeare Company site for complete details. |
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Stratford Brass Rubbing Centre – Make your own brass rubbing
from a collection of Medieval and Tudor brass plaques. |
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Teddy Bear Museum – If you have a toddler in tow,
the Teddy Bear Museum has a collection of unusual teddy bears, housed in
an Elizabethan setting. Don't miss the teddy bear Victorian dollhouse, the
teddy bear's picnic, Winnie the Pooh, Rupert and Paddington teddy bears. |
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River Avon – Take the little ferry across
the River Avon to the waterside park or cruise down the river
on larger boats (pick up the boats near the Clopton Bridge). Or, just walk
along the river, it's green and shady, and there's swans in the river. |
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Take a bike ride - Stratford is the perfect place to go for a family bike ride. Starting in the center of Stratford is a 5 mile bike path (called the Greenway) that goes along the Avon river and is great for kids. You can rent kids' bikes, child seats, and trailer bikes at Stratford Bike Hire. |
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William Shakespeare
was grew up in Stratford-on-Avon, and returned to live there after
years of writing plays in London. The Bard of Avon is richly
illustrated with scenes of his boyhood and production of his plays.
(Picture book)
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Jack
and Annie travel back to London in 1600 to find a special magic,
and end up onstage as two fairies in Will Shakespeare's play.
"Without wand, spell or charm, turn daytime into night."
(Easy reader)
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Shakespeare's
plays, presented in a picture-panel format, with detailed lively
illustrations. The plays included are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet,
The Winter's Tale, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest. Super for younger kids, before you see a Shakespeare
play. (Picture book)
And don't miss More
Tales from Shakespeare – As you Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard
III, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Merchant
of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing.
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Planning to
see Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre? The plot is
very twisty turny, so before you go, read this accessible adaptation
by Bruce Colville (author of I Was a Sixth Grade Alien),
imaginatively illustrated. Also by the same author, Romeo
and Juliet and, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth
Night. (Chapter book, illustrations)
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"Long,
long ago, there was a magician named Prospero who lived on an
enchanted island with his daughter Miranda." Wonderful retelling
of Shakespeare's comedy, The Tempest – shipwrecked
on the island, Ferdinand falls in love with Miranda, but there's
plenty of magic and confusion, caused by mysterious heaps and
heavenly sprites, before all's well that ends well. Gorgeously
illustrated with glowing colors and dazzling detail. (Picture
book)
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(More children's
books on other England pages) |
