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Little Performers, Big Dreams
A Soup Opera
This is a richly illustrated story of a man, a bowl of soup and the man's operatic and frustrating quest to eat it. The book is accompanied by a music CD of the opera being performed.
search Novelist® PlusLet's Put on a Show: A Beginner's Theatre Handbook for Young Actors
J 792.023 GIB.A
A guidebook for young would-be thespians, covering theatre vocabulary, scripting, casting, staging, sets and scenery, props, costumes, and makeup, as well as the basics of backstage and technical particulars.
search Novelist® PlusShow Time!: Music, Dance, and Drama Activities for Kids
J 792.6 BAN.L
Introduces the concepts of music, dance, and acting, suggesting how to create a musical production through games and role-playing and describing all aspects of a show from auditions to curtain call.
search Novelist® PlusMary Had a Little Ham
After Stanley Snoutowski, actor pig, leaves his friend Mary and heads for Broadway, he finally gets a break when he meets Hoggers and Hammerswine.
search Novelist® PlusBeautiful Ballerina
J 792.8 NEL.M
Photographs and a poem bring readers on center stage with the ballerinas from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
search Novelist® PlusBallroom Dancing for Fun!
J 793.33 GIL.J
Describes the history and development of ballroom dancing as both a pastime and a sport, and explains how to do the most popular dances.
search Novelist® PlusA Brand-New Me!
As he is preparing to attend middle school, Hank, who has learning differences and academic difficulties, gets an unexpected opportunity to audition for a performing arts school where his creativity and humor will be appreciated and nurtured.
search Novelist® PlusOperation Yes
In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.
search Novelist® PlusWham! It's a Poetry Jam: Discovering Performance Poetry
J 811.54 HOL.S
A guide to performing poetry alone and in groups; includes guidelines to set up poetry-performance contests.
search Novelist® PlusPunk Farm on Tour
While Farmer Joe is at the National Tractor Society Conference in Reno, his animals go on tour in a broken-down van, performing as the band called Punk Farm.
search Novelist® PlusSing My Song: A Kid's Guide to Songwriting
J 782.421 SES.S
An illustrated collection of songs co-written with children, with detailed instructions about the creative process of songwriting.
search Novelist® PlusMozart, the Wonder Child: A Puppet Play in Three Acts
J B MOZ.W
With stunning and expressive illustrations, Diane Stanley portrays Mozart's turbulent life as a marionette show, inspired by the famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre, using an innovative artistic approach to present the life of a renowned musical genius.
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