MacDonald, Margaret Read

A collection of skits written by young people with instructions for performance. The skits are arranged under such categories as "Cumulative Actions, " "Silly Singers, " "Skits With Trick Endings, " "Skits From Jokes, " "Musical Ensembles, " and others.

A retelling of a Danish folktale in which a greedy cat grows enormous as he eats everything in sight, including his friends and neighbors who call him fat.

Presents twenty-five variants of the "Tom Thumb" tale from around the world, with notes on each, a unit for classroom study, a bibliography, and suggestions for other related activities.

Contains 20 folktales designed for audience involvement and provides notes on storytelling techniques and devices. Includes bibliography and suggested readings.

In this British variant of a traditional tale, an ungrateful woman who complains constantly about her house is granted increasingly grandiose wishes by a fairy.

Presents five folktales for young children, including "Snow Bunting's Lullaby" from Siberia, "Chin Chin Kobokama" from Japan, "Kanji-jo, the Nestlings" from Liberia, "The Playground of the Sun and Moon" from Argentina, and "Counting Sheep" from the British Isles.

A childless woman's prayers are answered by the arrival of a talking pot, but the new mother knows that Little Pot must learn right from wrong just like any child.

Spoiled and vain, Aree cannot decide which of her many silken dresses and lavish jewels to wear to the dance, so she wears them all.

An African folktale about a mouse who pays close attention to her surroundings and avoids being tricked by the cat.

Designed primarily as a collection of scary fare for adults to tell elementary-age children, the tales may be read and some even told by children. Also contains notes on the stories.