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Entra in un mondo di storie

Ascolta e leggi

Julie Meighan

Enter Aesop's imaginative and wacky world of 

Brave MICE

Sly FOXES and 

Proud PEACOCKS.

Follow the adventures of the grateful LION who repays a debt, a slow and steady TORTOISE who wins the race and a very lazy GRASSHOPPER who finally gets his comeuppance.

Aesop's Fables On Stage is a collection of delightful, fantastic fables that have been adapted into children's plays. The scripts can be used as performance plays, readers' theatre or just read for pure enjoyment.

Deryn Oliver

JemBooks

On Stage Books

Aesop’s Fables on Stage: A collection of plays for children

This book is a collection of plays that have been adapted from well-known fairy tales. They can be used as performance plays, readers theatre or just used to promote reading in groups. Each play is between five and ten minutes long. The plays can be adapted to suit the various needs of the group. The cast list is very flexible. Characters can be added, changed or omitted. In addition, the teacher/group leader can assume the role of the storyteller if the children are unable to read or not at the reading level required. All suggestions for stage directions are included in brackets and italics. Also included in this book is a variety of drama activities. These activities are designed to be fun and enjoyable as well as promoting coordination, movement, character development and creativity.

The plays in the collection are:

Little Red Riding Hood

Goldilocks

The Three Little Pigs

The Elves and the Shoemaker

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The Ugly Duckling

The Lazy Cow

The Talking Tree

Humpty Dumpty

The Magic Porridge Pot

The Stone Soup

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Little Red Hen

The Gingerbread Man

The Enormous Turnip

Chicken Licken

Fairytales on Stage

The Ugly Duckling

The Money Pig

The Emperor’s New Clothes

The Little Mermaid

The Brave Tin Soldier

The Princess and the Pea

The Little Match Girl

The Snowman

Thumbelina

The Fir Tree

The Rose Tree and the Snail.

The Snowdrop

Dani Payne

Hans Christian Anderson's Stories On Stage

This delightful collection of plays is based on famous Buddha stories. The plays are simple, so it is very easy for children to memorise their lines. The cast list is flexible – more characters can be added, and existing characters can be changed or omitted depending on the size and requirements of the group. The collection includes favourites such as The Enlightenment of the Buddha, The Man and His Four Wives and The Buddha and the Beggar. The scripts are simple and can be used as performance plays, reader’s theatre or just read for enjoyment