"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, 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. The scripts may be freely copied for noncommercial purposes. With a focus on ages 8 to 15, the collection features a wide range of reading levels.
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Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of numerous picture books and magazine stories, as well as two other books on reader's theater, "Readers on Stage" and "Stories on Stage." Aaron spent five years as a professional actor in reader's theater, performing in schools and conducting workshops for teachers and students. He now hosts Aaron Shepard's RT Page, the Web's most popular reader's theater destination, with visits by thousands of teachers and librarians each week.
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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
