Will's Words

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A celebration of the words, phrases, and idioms that Shakespeare invented and the contributions he made to the modern-day English lexicon.

The Bard of Avon is responsible for such familiar phrases as what's done is done and too much of a good thing. He even helped turn household words into household words. As readers will discover, the long and the short of it is this- Will changed the English language forever. Will's words pop up all over the place!A celebration of the words, phrases, and idioms that Shakespeare invented and the contributions he made to the modern-day English lexicon.

The Bard of Avon is responsible for such familiar phrases as what's done is done and too much of a good thing. He even helped turn household words into household words. As readers will discover, the long and the short of it is this- Will changed the English language forever. Will's words pop up all over the place!
Jane Sutcliffe is author of Stone Giant- Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be, The White House Is Burning- August 24, 1814, and more than two dozen other books for children. She lives on a farm in rural Connecticut with four goats and one very spoiled dog named Willy.

John Shelley grew up near Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon. He has illustrated more than forty children's books, including Stone Giant- Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be by Jane Sutcliffe and Family Reminders by Julie Danneberg. www.jshelley.com