Stories on Stage: Children's Plays for Reader's Theater (or Readers Theatre) With 15 Scripts from 15 Authors Including Louis Sachar Nancy Farmer Russell Hoban Wanda Gag and Roald Dahl

Stories on Stage is a collection of readers theater scripts for young readers adapted from stories by fifteen different authors including Louis Sachar Nancy Farmer Russell Hoban Wanda Gag and Roald Dahl. Coming from such genres as humor fantasy and multicultural folktales stories were selected for their dramatic quality literary value and appeal to young people. While focusing on ages 8 to 15 the collection features a wide range of reading levels. The scripts in this collection are -- Three Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar -- Mr. Twits Revenge by Roald Dahl -- Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag -- Tapiwas Uncle by Nancy Farmer -- How Tom Beat Captain Najork by Russell Hoban -- Harriet by Florence Parry Heide -- Mr. Bims Bamboo by Carol Farley -- Talk by Harold Courlander -- The Jade Stone by Caryn Yacowitz -- The Bean Boy by Monica Shannon -- The Kid from the Commercial by Stephen Manes -- The Fools of Chelm by Steve Sanfield -- Mouse Woman and the Snails by Christie Harris -- Westwoods by Eleanor Farjeon -- The Legend of Lightning Larry by Aaron Shepard. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// 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. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// What? Dont have time to write up your own scripts for readers theater? Not to worry. Aaron Shepard will get you started with his stellar scripts -- perfect for duplicating handing out to your students and bringing to life. This is one must-have book. -- Judy Freeman Author More Books Kids Will Sit Still For One of the challenges of teaching is instilling in our students a love for reading. By transforming imaginative stories by some of our favorite authors into clever scripts Aaron Shepard once again provides the means for teachers to nurture a passion for the written word. This second edition of Stories On Stage is a most worthwhile addition to your cache of reading strategies that work. -- Susan Finney Author Keep the Rest of the Class Reading and Writing While You Teach Small Groups Readers theater gets a boost from this collection. . . . The scripts are simple and direct multicultural and easily reproducible for classroom use. -- Ilene Cooper Booklist (American Library Association) Jan. 1 1994