num_pages: 560
description: This beloved anthology, a favorite of students, teachers, parents, and dramatists for decades, offers a collection of twenty plays to be performed for young audiences or by child actors.Plays Children Volume II ―replacing the earlier volume, which is now out of print―adheres to the same format of Jennings and Harris' earlier a choice of plays for adults to perform for children as well as a choice of plays for kids to produce and perform themselves. Among the favorites collected Charlotte's Web , The Wizard of Oz , Treasure Island , The Best Christmas Pageant Ever , and Jim Thorpe, All-American .With an extensive introduction detailing the special needs of producing plays for children, and with many insightful instructions for helping children get the most out of producing plays themselves, this book is a solid asset for all classrooms, children's theatre groups, school libraries, education seminars, playwrighting workshops, and the like.
language: English
title: Plays Children Love: Volume II: A Treasury of Contemporary and Classic Plays for Children
titlecomplete: Plays Children Love: Volume II: A Treasury of Contemporary and Classic Plays for Children
genres: Plays, Theatre
ratings_count: 13
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin