Fifteen-year-old Willie Kettles awaits good news from Richmond, Virginia, while working during the Civil War as a telegraph operator in the War Department building in Washington. Includes a readers' theater script and performance tips.
Ellen Craft poses as a white slave owner while traveling north with her husband, William, in an attempt to escape slavery. Includes a readers' theater script and performance tips.
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.
Presents an adapted version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," written in rhyming couplets especially for young readers and performers. Includes illustrations and comments by children, as well as suggestions for activities based upon the story.
Presents a collection of forty theater scripts for the first through fifth-grade classroom that are based upon traditional multicultural folktales and Native American legends.