Tales We Heard on the Silk Road: Plays, Puppet shows, and Readers' Theater for Children

Tales we Heard on the Silk Road can serve as a quick reference for any children's troupe, theater department or Sunday School teacher who is seeking to incorporate multicultural tales infused with transcendental values into a stage production or existing curriculum. The book is composed of six short plays, two puppet shows and seven reader's theater pieces that draw their inspiration from ancient, poetic heavyweights like Farid Uddin Attar, Jalal Uddin Rumi and M. Saadi but are adapted into a format that would be best enjoyed by the modern elementary and/or middle school age child and accompanying family. If you are familiar with the timeless wisdom of Rumi or Saadi then you can appreciate the content of this book. As a teacher, I know that I could easily incorporate any of the readers' theater pieces into a language arts or even a Sunday school lesson.

A wonderful introduction to theater for children.