Folktales on Stage: Children's Plays for Reader's Theater (or Readers Theatre) With 16 Scripts from World Folk and Fairy Tales and Legends Including Asian African and Native American

Folktales on Stage is a collection of readers theater scripts for young readers adapted by award-winning childrens author Aaron Shepard from his own folktale retellings. A wide variety of countries and cultures is represented including Native America Africa the Middle East Russia Southeast Asia and China. While focusing on ages 8 to 15 the collection features a full range of reading levels. The scripts in this collection are The Adventures of Mouse Deer (Indonesia) The Calabash Kids (Tanzania) The Hidden One (Native America) The Boy Who Wanted the Willies (Europe) The Princess Mouse (Finland) The Legend of Slappy Hooper (U.S.) The Gifts of Wali Dad (India Pakistan) The Bakers Dozen (U.S.) Master Maid (Norway) The Magic Brocade (China) Forty Fortunes (Iran) Master Man (Nigeria) Savitri (India) The Enchanted Storks (Iraq) The Crystal Heart (Vietnam) and The Sea Kings Daughter (Russia). ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is the author of many books stories and scripts for young people as well as professional books and resources for writers and educators. He has also worked professionally in both storytelling and readers theater as a performer director and teacher trainer. Aarons lively and meticulous retellings of folktales and other traditional literature have found homes with more than a dozen childrens book publishers large and small and with the worlds top childrens literary magazines winning him honors from the American Library Association the New York Public Library the Bank Street College of Education the National Council for the Social Studies and the American Folklore Society. His extensive Web site visited by thousands of teachers and librarians each week is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales storytelling and readers theater while his stories and scripts have been featured in textbooks from publishers worldwide including Scholastic Houghton Mifflin Harcourt SRA The College Board Pearson Education National Geographic Oxford University Press Barrons Hodder Education and McGraw-Hill. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is a national treasure. He has given thousands of us busy teachers and librarians a gold mine of ready-made plays our students clamor to perform over and over. Aarons new collection never fails to delight and enthrall. While the experts argue about the right way to teach reading Aaron is in the middle of the action inspiring our kids to read aloud with fluency comprehension expression and best of all joy. -- Judy Freeman Author More Books Kids Will Sit Still For Aaron Shepard has done it! Folktales on Stage is a complete package of easy-to-perform dynamic readers theater scripts. Pack your passport and take a trip around the world. You and your actors will have a world of fun. -- Dr. Caroline Feller Bauer Author Presenting Readers Theater and New Handbook for Storytellers