Stories on Stage: Children’s Plays for Readers Theater, With 15 Reader’s Theatre Play Scripts From 15 Authors, Including Roald Dahl’s The Twits and Louis Sachar’s Sideways Stories from Wayside School

  “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. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of numerous children’s books and magazine stories, as well as three books on reader’s theater, “Stories on Stage,” “Folktales on Stage,” and “Readers on Stage.” He spent five years as a professional actor in reader’s theater, performing in schools and conducting workshops for teachers, librarians, 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.