Plays of America for Children

Grades K-6 Written by L.E. McCullough, Ph.D. ISBN:  1-57525-038-1 $14.95

Plays of America for Children  Includes:

1. How the People Got Fire                                            

2. Let’s Have a Hoedown!                                                    

3. The Cobbler’s Pipe                                                  

4. Mr. & Mrs. Charlie T. Mule                                              

5. Gluscabi and His Magic Game Bag                                

6. The Beggar in the Blanket                                              

7. Patches Solves a Wedding Riddle                            

8. Magnus Fourpenny and the Black Bear Birthday Bash            

9. The Laziest Girl in the World                                                         

10. Tillie Edelpickel’s Sack of Lies                                       

11. The Glass Mountain                                                      

12. The Honest Miller (El Molinero Honesto)                         

13. Shlemazl Goes to Paradise                                            

14. The Most Expensive Bonnet in All Indiana                           

15. Return of the Red Phantom                                            

            The Plays of America books offer student and community theatre groups a fresh, entertaining perspective on American folklore and history. These original plays celebrate the full diversity of our American cultural mosaic, with humorous and adventurous dramatizations of folktales from Native American, African-American, Cajun, Hispanic, Irish, Scandinavian, Hawaiian and Asian sources, along with guest appearances by Big-Foot Wallace, Johnny Appleseed, Old Stormalong, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, George Washington, Joe Magarac, John Henry, Annie Christmas, The Yellow Rose of Texas and other legendary and historical figures.

            Each play has an introduction with information about its source culture, story genre and historical context, as well as helpful notes for staging, costuming, and music. The Plays of America series is perfect for making American history come alive!

To order, call 1-800-895-4331, or visit the Smith & Kraus website.

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Last modified: June 22, 2000

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