Multi-Grade Readers Theatre

Multi-Grade Readers Theatre
Author: Suzanne I. Barchers
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2009-05-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1591588219

36 readers theatre scripts use authors and illustrators to awaken student imaginations. This book of 36 readers theatre scripts (one for each week of the school year) concentrates on scripts written at multiple reading levels with a large number of parts—including choral reading parts—that enable the entire class to participate. The first 18 scripts are written for 1st-3rd grade reading levels and feature giants of kids literature like Margaret Wise Brown, James Marshall, Bill Martin Jr., Bill Peet, and Beatrix Potter. The second 18 scripts are written for 2nd-4th grade reading levels to allow for growth throughout the school year. This group of plays introduces students to Stan Berenstain, Arnold Lobel, Shel Silverstein, and Tasha Tudor, among others. Carefully designed to meet the needs of students of various reading levels, the scripts are also ideal for use with remedial readers. Grades 2-5

Going to the Theater

Going to the Theater
Author: Florence Ducatteau
Publisher: Want to Know
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781605372532

Offers information about theater, including the different cultural expressions of theater, what the director's job is, and why dress rehearsal is so important.

Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880

Theatre of the Book, 1480-1880
Author: Julie Stone Peters
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2003
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780199262168

This volume explores the impact of printing on the European theatre in the period 1480-1880 and shows that the printing press played a major part in the birth of modern theatre.

When I Grow Up

When I Grow Up
Author: Tim Minchin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338283316

GREAT GRADUATION GIFT!Tim Minchin's Tony Award-winning lyrics from Matilda the Musical are paired with new artwork from bestselling illustrator Steve Antony. When I grow up,I will be tall enoughto reach the branches that I need to reachto climb the treesyou get to climb when you're grown up. A group of children imagines all of the things that they will be able to do once they grow up, and they plan to do anything and everything. They hope to solve problems, play in the sun all day long, be brave, and even eat ice cream all day. The combination of Tim Minchin's Tony Award-winning Matilda the Musical lyrics and Steve Antony's joyful artwork is sure to inspire readers of all ages to explore the endless possibilities that the future could have in store.

Gruffalo. Pop-up Theatre Book

Gruffalo. Pop-up Theatre Book
Author: Julia Donaldson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780230531796

Bring THE GRUFFALO to life in your very own theatre! Read the story, then open the pop-up stage and bring it to life with a deep-dark-wood set, press-out character pieces and wands to help them move across the stage. Follow the script and act out the adventures of the mouse or create a brand-new play of your own! With no folding, cutting or gluing, plus lots of tips and hints, it couldnt be easier to stage your own performance. Wonderful entertainment for all the family over the Christmas holidays and beyond!

William Shakespeare & the Globe

William Shakespeare & the Globe
Author: Aliki
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2000-08-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0064437221

From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night′s Dream, Shakespeare′s celebrated works have touched people around the world. Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare′s world-his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present-day reconstruction of the Globe theater. Ages 8+

Theatre for Children

Theatre for Children
Author: David Wood
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Total Pages: 277
Release: 1999-03-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1461664497

One of the world's leading children's dramatists provides a practical handbook of the skills involved in entertaining and involving audiences of children. A marvelous contribution to the world of Youth Theater...a must. —Robyn Flatt, Dallas Children's Theater. He has often been called the National Playwright for Children and he deserves it. —Cameron Mackintosh

Waltz of the Snowflakes

Waltz of the Snowflakes
Author: Elly MacKay
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0762462272

A new holiday classic to add to your collection, this gorgeous wordless picture book by esteemed author-illustrator Elly MacKay celebrates the magic of theater and The Nutcracker as seen through the eyes of a young girl and her grandmother. It is a cold and rainy evening when Gran gives her granddaughter something special: tickets to the ballet. Her granddaughter is reluctant to go. The weather is terrible and they have to wear fancy, uncomfortable clothes. But as the curtains rise on The Nutcracker, the girl's eyes light up as she's introduced to the magic of the theater. The bright costumes, the intricate dances, the magical music, and a new friend all combine to captivate the girl and to bring color to an otherwise dreary evening. Waltz of the Snowflakes is Elly MacKay at her finest, mixing her acclaimed paper-cut artwork with vibrant colors in this whimsical, dreamlike, and inspiring wordless picture book. A must-have for any ballet- and theater-obsessed reader and the perfect gift to be shared during the holidays or any time of year when the world outside needs a little bit of color and vibrancy.

Boys Dance! (American Ballet Theatre)

Boys Dance! (American Ballet Theatre)
Author: John Robert Allman
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0593181166

A lively and encouraging picture book celebrating boys who love to dance, from the renowned American Ballet Theatre. Boys who love to dance are center stage in this encouraging, positive, rhyming picture book about guys who love to pirouette, jeté, and plié. Created in partnership with the American Ballet Theatre and with the input of their company's male dancers, here is a book that shows ballet is for everyone. Written by the acclaimed author of A Is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z, this book subtly seeks to address the prejudice toward boys and ballet by showing the skill, hard work, strength, and smarts is takes to be a dancer. Fun and buoyant illustrations show boys of a variety of ages and ethnicities, making this the ideal book for any boy who loves dance. An afterword with photos and interviews with some of ABT's male dancers completes this empowering and joyful picture book.

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker
Author: Geraldine McCaughrean
Publisher: Walker
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2012-10
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781406340426

For Christmas, Clara is given new ballet shoes and a nutcracker doll. The nutcracker comes alive, turns into a handsome prince, and the marvellous adventures begin. Clara and her prince defeat the king of the rats and travel to the land of sweets.