Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:33:42 -0800
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Subject: [Puptcrit] Chinese New Year reader's theater


A new Reader's Theater Edition suitable for Chinese New Year's has 
been added to my Web site at:

http://www.aaronshep.com

RTE #37 ~ Monkey Lives!: A Superhero Tale of China
Retold by Aaron Shepard

Monkey is taken off to the land of death -- but not for long.

      GENRE: Epics, fantasy
      CULTURE: Chinese
      THEME: Bureaucracy
      READERS: 6 or more
      READER AGES: 10 and up
      TIME: 5 minutes

This script comes also in a "Team" version for four readers.

Also suitable for Chinese New Year's on my site:

RTE #26 ~ The Magic Brocade: A Tale of China
Told by Aaron Shepard

To save his mother's life, a young man must retrieve her weaving from 
the fairies of Sun Palace.

      GENRE: Folktales
      CULTURE: Chinese
      THEME: Following dreams; creative process
      READERS: 9 or more
      READER AGES: 8-15
      LENGTH: 12 minutes

This script too comes also in a "Team" version for four readers, and 
also in a translation into traditional Chinese.

 From my home page, click on Aaron's RT Page, then on Reader's Theater
Editions. As always, the scripts can be freely copied and performed 
for any educational, noncommercial purpose.

Here is a full list of scripts now in the series. All stories are my 
own, unless noted.

  1. "The Legend of Lightning Larry"
  2. "The Legend of Slappy Hooper: An American Tall Tale"
  3. "Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India"
  4. "Resthaven," by Nancy Farmer, from The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
  5. "The War Prayer," by Mark Twain
  6. "The Enchanted Storks: A Tale of Bagdad"
  7. "The Gifts of Wali Dad: A Tale of India and Pakistan"
  8. "Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer"
  9. "The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale"
10. "The Battle of Song: A Hero Tale of Finland," from The Maiden of Northland
11. "The Calabash Kids: A Tale of Tanzania"
12. "The Hidden One: A Native American Legend"
13. "Master Maid: A Tale of Norway"
14. "The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend"
15. "The Millionaire Miser: A Buddhist Fable"
16. "How Violence Is Ended: A Buddhist Legend"
17. "Count Alaric's Lady," by Barbara Leonie Picard
18. "The Crystal Heart: A Vietnamese Legend"
19. "How Frog Went to Heaven: A Tale of Angola"
20. "The Magic of Mushkil Gusha: A Tale of Iran"
21. "Help! Hilary! Help!"
22. "Which Shoes Do You Choose?"
23. "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
24. "Forty Fortunes: A Tale of Iran"
25. "When the Twins Went to War: A Fable of Far East Russia"
26. "The Magic Brocade: A Tale of China"
27. "Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria"
28. "Mop Top: A Tale of Norway"
29. "The Borrower and the Boy," by Mary Norton, from The Borrowers
30. "The Boy Who Wanted the Willies"
31. "The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland"
32. "Three Sideways Stories From Wayside School," by Louis Sachar
33. "More Than a Match"
34. "The Christmas Truce"
35. "The Adventures of Mouse Deer: Tales of Indonesia and Malaysia"
36. "King o' the Cats"
37. "Monkey Lives!: A Superhero Tale of China"

Aaron Shepard
Olympia, Washington
http://www.aaronshep.com
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