Big Cat Sapphire The Merchant of Venice

Get acquainted with Shakespeare’s classic tale of greed and revenge, in this
light-hearted and amusing retelling. Bassanio is overjoyed when he finally gets
to marry Portia. But, his happiness is short-lived when he is forced to defend
his dear friend Antonia, who’s in trouble with an old merchant – intent on
getting his pound of flesh. Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to
develop children’s sustained engagement with texts and are more complex
syntactically. Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage Curriculum links:
English: fiction from the English literary heritage