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Tales from Shakespeare [20 tales]
by Charles Lamb
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 820L · 1985
Why we'd hand it over
The gold-standard bridge to Shakespeare for strong middle-grade readers—Lamb's prose is gorgeous and the stories move, but kids who thrive on action-plot may feel slowed by the emotional weight and 19th-century pacing.