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Folktales on stage, children's plays for reader's theater (or readers theatre), with 16 play scripts from world folk and fairy tales, Aaron Shepard

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Folktales on stage, children's plays for reader's theater (or readers theatre), with 16 play scripts from world folk and fairy tales, Aaron Shepard

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Folktales on stage

Oclc number

56842669

Responsibility statement

Aaron Shepard

Sub title

children's plays for reader's theater (or readers theatre), with 16 play scripts from world folk and fairy tales

Summary

A collection of reader's theater scripts for young readers, adapted by award-winning children's 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. The scripts may be freely copied, shared, and performed for educational, noncommercial purposes. While aiming mostly at ages 8 to 15, the collection features a full range of reading levels

Table Of Contents

The adventures of mouse deer (Indonesia) -- The calabash kids (Tanzania) -- The hidden one (Native American) -- 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 baker's 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) -- The sea king's daughter (Russia)

Target audience

juvenile

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