Search - Folktales on Stage: Children's Plays for Reader's Theater (or Readers Theatre), With 16 Play Scripts From World Folk and Fairy Tales and Legends, Including Asian, African, Middle Eastern, European, and Native American

Folktales on Stage Children's Plays for Reader's Theater With 16 Play Scripts From World Folk and Fairy Tales and Legends Including Asian African Middle Eastern European and Native American - or Readers Theatre
Author: Aaron Shepard

Folktales on Stage is 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 copie...  more »d, shared, and performed for educational, noncommercial purposes. While aiming mostly at 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, Malaysia), "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 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), and "The Sea King's Daughter" (Russia).  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780938497202
ISBN-10: 0938497200
Publication Date: 9/1/2003
Pages: 180
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Shepard Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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