Chew Bee or Not Chew Bee (10 page)

Martin Chatterton has traced his family tree back to the days of William Shakespeare and, in an amazing coincidence, has found that the greatest English playwright was not his great-great-great-great-greatgreat uncle! Born in Liverpool, only a stone's throw from Stratford (assuming the stone was launched via a grenade launcher), Martin has been doing joined-up funny writing for absolutely yonks. Martin loves Shakespeare because, if the Bard was ever stuck for a word, the cheeky monkey would just invent one! Martin's favourite Shakespearean word is ‘road'.

Gregory Rogers was born in Brisbane, Australia, which is nowhere near Stratford. His favourite Shakespeare play is
A Midsummer Night's Dream
because it's got such great characters. Like Shakespeare, Gregory loves inventing good characters and in over 20 years of illustrating books he's created lots. One of his books even won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in England. He bets Shakespeare never got one of those!

Willy Waggledagger has accidentally tickled the Queen's bum with his false beard.

Now Willy is
Wearing a frock
,

Sir Victor Vile wants to
chop off his head
, a doll is plotting to
Detray him
, and an old witch wants to
pick his nose
.

Could this be the true story behind Shakespeare's
Macbeth?

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Willy Waggledagger is being picked on by a man who thinks he is King of the Faeries.

Now Willy must
steal from the Queen
, stop a man
marrying a tree
, try not to upset a
one-eyed squirrel
, and save Yorick
from deing an ass
.

Could this be the true story behind Shakespeare's
A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Available now!