Plays Children Love: Volume II: A Treasury of Contemporary and Classic Plays for Children

by Coleman A. Jennings

Book Overview

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 Love: Volume II --replacing the earlier volume, which is now out of print--adheres to the same format of Jennings and Harris' earlier classic: a choice of plays for adults to perform for children as well as a choice of plays for kids to produce and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312079737
• ISBN13: 9780312079734
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great Variety

I love all of the different types of plays. I am using the second section of plays for children. The narration is perfect, and the lines are often funny. My students love the play, "How the First Letter Was Written." It's a great source.

A Great Resource for Staging Plays with Kids

This collection provides a good mix of large and small group plays, including The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It might not be great theater, but it gave the elementary school kids I was working with a chance to perform a familiar story without a million rehearsals. The lines are manageable and the kids weren't put off by having to learn long speeches.