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Readability |
Description |
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8 readers |
With a Mighty Roar: Meet the Big Cats |
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Read: 4.0 |
A super science reader’s theatre script by Lisa Blau |
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3 readers |
Cicak and Kancil |
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Read: 4.0 |
No description given |
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4 readers |
The Bouncing Egg |
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Read: 4.0 |
Science script that can be downloaded as a word or pdf file. |
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14 readers |
The Great Kapok Tree |
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Read: 4.0 |
Based on the book The Great Kapok Tree written by Lynne Cherry. |
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16 readers |
Humpty Dumpty |
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Read: 4.0 |
Based on the Children’s story By Anna McKeay |
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7 readers |
Turkey Trotten |
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Read: 4.0 |
No description given |
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13 or more readers |
What, No Santa? |
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Read: 4.0 |
No description given |
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5 readers |
4 – C’s Environmental Horror House Script |
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Read: 4.1 |
This play jumps into the future to look at environmental concerns. |
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8 readers |
Polly Ann and John Henry |
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Read: 4.1 |
Polly Ann is setting fence posts when John Henry sweeps her off her feet. They marry and John Henry joins a steel-driving crew for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. When the arrival of a steam drill machine threatens his livelihood, John Henry enters into a contest to prove that a man is more powerful than a machine. |
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10 readers |
Arthur’s Christmas |
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Read: 4.1 |
Written by Marc Brown and scripted by Barbara Vanranken |
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15 readers |
Green Theatre: Learn about the Environment |
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Read: 4.2 |
3 act play with a school setting |
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10 readers |
The Hat |
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Read: 4.2 |
Written by Jan Brett, adapted by Gail Madarat |
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6 or more readers |
Where is the Flying Dutchman of the Desert? |
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Read: 4.3 |
In this mystery of the desert, a soldier refused to ride the camels brought to the United States in the 1800s. His commanding officer ordered other soldiers to tie him to the saddle. The legend tells that the camel ran toward Death Valley and that the soldier died, leaving a skeleton tied to the camel. In this version, the camel and soldier disappear, with the reader left to wonder what happened to them. Some people say they still see the camel riding through Death Valley . |
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12 or more readers |
Help! Hilary! Help! |
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Read: 4.3 |
Hilary gets the chance to show just how helpful she can be. |
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16 or more readers |
The Calabash Kids |
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Read: 4.3 |
The prayers of a lonely woman are answered when her gourds change into children. |
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6 readers |
The Ant and the Grasshopper |
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Read: 4.3 |
No description given |
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6 readers |
Clever Lucy |
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Read: 4.3 |
No description given. |
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7 readers |
Sleeping Ugly |
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Read: 4.3 |
The story book Sleeping Ugly was written by Jan Yolen. The script was adapted by Iz Crain. |
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20 readers |
Stellaluna |
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Read: 4.3 |
This story is based on the book Stellaluna written by Janell Cannon |
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8 readers |
Me First |
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Read: 4.3 |
Written By Helen Lester |
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8 or more readers |
The Legend of Slappy Hooper |
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Read: 4.4 |
Description:Slappy is the world’s biggest, fastest, bestest sign painter, but he’s too good—his pictures keep coming to life. |
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10 or more students |
The Science Fair |
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Read: 4.4 |
This is a science-focused play that has kids act out science experiments! |
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4 readers |
No Bath Tonight |
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Read: 4.4 |
Written by Jan Vollen |
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12 or more readers |
Master Man: A Tale of Nigeria |
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Read: 4.5 |
Shadusa thinks he’s the strongest man in the world—till he meets the real Master Man. |
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7 readers |
A Call from Uncle Andy |
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Read: 4.5 |
Adapted by Linda Nesbitt |
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6 readers |
Riddles in the Dark |
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Read: 4.5 |
Adapted from The Hobbit By JR Tolkien |
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7 or more readers |
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type |
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Read: 4.5 |
Written by Doreen Cronin and scripted by Jill Jauquet |
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10 readers |
Listen Buddy |
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Read: 4.5 |
Written by Helen Lester |
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9 readers |
The Elephant’s Child |
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Read: 4.5 |
Written by Rudyard Kipling |
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9 or more readers |
The Magic Brocade: A Tale of China |
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Read: 4.6 |
To save his mother’s life, a young man must retrieve her weaving from the fairies of Sun Palace . |
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8 readers |
Sheila Rae, The Brave |
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Read: 4.6 |
Written By Kevin Henkes |
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7 readers |
Chicken Little |
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Read: 4.6 |
Based on the children’s story |
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8 readers |
The Magic Porridge Pot |
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Read: 4.6 |
No description given (version 1) |
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8 readers |
The Magic Porridge Pot |
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Read: 4.6 |
No description given (version 2) |
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10 readers |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
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Read: 4.6 |
Retold by James Marshall (fun, older children’s version of the events) |
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9 readers |
Jessica |
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Read: 4.6 |
Written by Kevin Henkes |
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13 readers |
The Girl-Fish |
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Read: 4.7 |
The script was written by an eighth grade student |
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15 readers |
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch |
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Read: 4.7 |
Written by Trinka Hakes Noble |
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7 readers |
The Fish Tank |
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Read: 4.7 |
No description given |
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8 readers |
The Great Apple Slice Escape |
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Read: 4.7 |
No description given |
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8 readers |
The Enormous Nose |
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Read: 4.7 |
A short play written by an eighth grade student |
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6 readers |
Stupendous Snakes |
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Read: 4.7 |
A theatre script by Lisa Blau |
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12 readers |
The Hallo-Wiener |
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Read: 4.8 |
Based on the book Hallo-Wiener By Dav Pilkey in which a wiener dog continues to be a good friend even when it isn’t easy. |
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15 readers |
Hold Up at Ambush Canyon |
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Read: 4.9 |
No description given |
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8 readers |
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears |
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Read: 4.9 |
A theatre script by Lisa Blau |
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15 readers |
The Gifts of Wali Dad |
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Read: 4.9 |
Description: Wali Dad, a humble grass-cutter, never asked for wealth—so why can’t he give it away? |
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5 or more readers |
The BFG |
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Read: 4.9 |
Adapted from The BFG By Roald Dahl. |
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17 readers |
Gretchen Groundhog, It’s Your Day! |
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Read: 4.9 |
By Abby Levine |
