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

by Aaron Shepard

Overview

"Stories on Stage" is a collection of reader's 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. Twit's Revenge," by Roald Dahl -- "Millions of Cats," by Wanda Gag -- "Tapiwa's Uncle," by Nancy Farmer -- "How Tom Beat Captain Najork," by Russell Hoban -- "Harriet," by Florence Parry Heide -- "Mr. Bim's 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.

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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 reader's theater, as a performer, director, and teacher trainer. Aaron's lively and meticulous retellings of folktales and other traditional literature have found homes with more than a dozen children's book publishers, large and small, and with the world's top children's 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 reader's 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, Barron's, Hodder Education, and McGraw-Hill.

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"What? Don't have time to write up your own scripts for reader's 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

"Reader's 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620355220
Publisher:	Shepard Publications
Publication date:	01/13/2017
Pages:	164
Sales rank:	1,058,873
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

"Three Sideways Stories From Wayside School," by Louis Sachar
(from Sideways Stories From Wayside School)

"Mr. Twit's Revenge," by Roald Dahl
(from The Twits)

"Millions of Cats," by Wanda Gag

"Tapiwa's Uncle," by Nancy Farmer

"How Tom Beat Captain Najork," by Russell Hoban

"Harriet," by Florence Parry Heide
(from Tales for the Perfect Child)

"Mr. Bim's Bamboo," by Carol Farley

"Talk," by Harold Courlander
(from The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories

"The Jade Stone," by Caryn Yacowitz

"The Bean Boy," by Monica Shannon
(from California Fairy Tales)

"The Kid from the Commercial," by Stephen Manes
(from It's New! It's Improved! It's Terrible!)

"The Fools of Chelm," by Steve Sanfield
(from The Feather Merchants, and Other Tales of the Fools of Chelm)

"Mouse Woman and the Snails," by Christie Harris
(from Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses)

"Westwoods," by Eleanor Farjeon
(from The Little Bookroom)

"The Legend of Lightning Larry," by Aaron Shepard