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Marcia Williams is the author of The Tempest (2015), Great Expectations (2014), The Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India (2014), Ancient Egypt (2011), Go...And Find Yourself Some Happiness (2006).

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The Tempest

release date: May 01, 2015
The Tempest
Marcia Williams retells one of Shakespeare''s most famous plays in this adaptation for younger children. With illustrations, accessible language and dialogue from the original manuscript, this is an introduction to Shakespeare for those encountering his work for the first time.

Great Expectations

release date: May 01, 2014
Great Expectations
Meet Pip, Joe, Estella and Miss Haversham in this accessible adaptation of ''Great Expectations'', illustrated throughout in Marcia''s lively style.

The Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India

release date: Feb 25, 2014
The Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India
Step back into ancient India as Marcia Williams brings her inviting comic-book style to eight animal folktales that continue to enchant children today. Have you heard about the elephant and the dog who became not just unlikely companions, but the best of friends? Or the traveler whose greed for gold lures him straight into the scrawny tiger s trap? How about the talkative tortoise who can t keep his mouth closed to save his life? Drawing from three books of best-loved Indian folktales Hitopadesha Tales, Jataka Tales, and Panchantra Tales this graphic storybook collection, alive with kid-friendly illustrations, is infused with humor and warmth."

Ancient Egypt

release date: Jan 01, 2011
Ancient Egypt
Retells nine tales of ancient Egypt, including the story of Ra rising from the waters of the Nile to create the gods of the earth, sky, and rain.

Go...And Find Yourself Some Happiness

release date: Jan 01, 2006

Desktop Publishing with PageMaker 5.0 for Windows

release date: Jan 01, 1995

Hooray for Women!

release date: Aug 13, 2019
Hooray for Women!
Discover and cheer the accomplishments of more than seventy amazing women from all over the world and throughout history. They’re activists and explorers, scientists and writers and more. And they’re all women: Cleopatra, Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Florence Nightingale, Marie Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Anne Frank, Wangari Maathai, Mae C. Jemison, Cathy Freeman, and Malala Yousafzai, to name just a few. Marcia Williams, through her lively comic-strip style and a clever combination of facts, quotes, and jokes, invites readers to peruse these extraordinary women’s stories, learn about their noteworthy achievements, be inspired to greatness . . . and be thoroughly entertained.

The Tudors

release date: Oct 11, 2016
The Tudors
Originally published: London: Walker Books, c2015.

Dancing in the Rain

release date: Mar 31, 2011

Hooray for Inventors!

release date: Sep 10, 2013
Hooray for Inventors!
Profiles over one hundred of the world''s most influential inventors, and describes the origins of such everyday items as the ballpoint pen, eraser, sandwich, and zipper.

The First Christmas

release date: Jan 01, 1988
The First Christmas
Presents an illustrated retelling of the nativity of Christ.

Archie's War

release date: Jan 01, 2007
Archie's War
When Archie is given a scrapbook for his tenth birthday in 1914, he chronicles the next four years of his life using documents, artifacts, and comic strips.

Desktop Publishing with Adobe PageMaker 6.5 for Windows

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Desktop Publishing with Adobe PageMaker 6.5 for Windows
Designed for use in front of the computer, this spiral-bound text offers a top down approach, showing students the completed project first, then leading them through its creation.

Joseph and His Magnificent Coat of Many Colors

release date: Jan 03, 1994
Joseph and His Magnificent Coat of Many Colors
Retells the Bible story in which Joseph''s jealous brothers sell him into slavery in Egypt, where due to his ability to interpret dreams, he is made governor of the country.

Tales from Shakespeare

release date: Jan 01, 2014
Tales from Shakespeare
Take your seats in the Globe Theatre as Marcia Williams presents 14 of Shakespeare''s most famous plays. From the heartbreaking tragedy of ''Romeo and Juliet'' to Puck''s hilarious escapades in ''A Midsummer Night''s Dream'', Marcia brings Shakespeare''s stories vividly to life.

Not a Worry in the World

release date: Jan 01, 1991
Not a Worry in the World
A boy learns how to chase away the ever-escalating fears that plague him.

When I was Little

release date: Jan 01, 1989
When I was Little
Whenever Granny comes to stay, she always talks about the time when she was little and it is through her memories that a little girl discovers how some things are always changing while others never change at all!

Les Miserables

release date: Nov 01, 2014
Les Miserables
A beautifully illustrated retelling of Victor Hugo''s masterpiece.Marcia Williams retells one of the greatest novels of all time in her trademark accessible, highly illustrated style. A wonderful introduction to Victor Hugo''s epic tale of injustice, love and heroism in 19th century France. The story follows Jean Valjean, an ex-convict, as he tries to put his criminal past behind him. Will he manage to escape from the ruthless Police Inspector Javert, who is determined to see him behind bars again? Can he build a life with Cosette, an orphaned girl he has rescued from poverty and neglect? When Cosette grows up and falls in love with the handsome Marius Pontmercy, will Jean Valjean let Cosette go? Or will the revolution that is sweeping through the streets of Paris tear all their lives apart?

Sinbad the Sailor

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Sinbad the Sailor
This is a retelling, in comic-strip form of the seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor. The stories tell of how Sinbad saves the mare of the King Mahraza from a sea-horse; he escapes from the valley of deadly snakes; he nearly comes to grief at the hands of a man-eating giant and serpent; he is buried alive on the island of vegetarians; he overcomes The Old Man of the Sea and finds wealth in the City of Apes; he is given great gifts by the King of Serandip; he encounters a sea-monster and takes a wife.
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