King Lear: Accessible Symbolised Edition

An adapted, illustrated and accessible edition of Shakespeare’s classic. Now featuring symbols, alongside the text, to support reading.

Enjoy Every Cherry’s new adaption of this renowned classic. Including a range of accessibility features to bring this story to as many people as possible. With an inclusive and empowering approach to reading, this adaptation serves to break down barriers to reading through using symbols / visual cues to support words; a pioneering approach to reading and publishing. All accessibility features aim to enable young people to grow in confidence and independence when reading, whilst enjoying this world-renowned title.

This story follows King Lear as he finds it is time for him to stop being king. He asks his daughters to take over. But will they be good leaders?

About The Symbolised Classics Reading Library: The Starter Collection:

From the streets of Dickens’s Victorian London to the eerie corridors of Castle Dracula, follow our stories all across world! Our Symbolised Classics range transforms the world’s greatest stories into inclusive and entertaining books, giving everyone the opportunity to read these world-renowned titles.

Featuring illustrations, sensory features and symbols to accompany the text, this book aims to enhance reading comprehension and accessibility in a unique way. Accompanied by a free signed and animated video of the story, this book strives to provide tools into reading in as many ways as possible.

With its use of symbols, which provide visual cues above each key word, this book is a perfect choice for readers with disabilities, readers who may be working at a lower reading level and people learning English as an additional language.