Drama and performing arts Books

The classic bestselling picture book Angelina and the Princess is back in a beautiful, refreshed hardcover edition perfect for Angelina fans new and old!Angelina hopes to dance the starring role in an upcoming performance for the Royal Ballet, but...

Play dress up with Angelina Ballerina in this 8x8 storybook complete with a shiny foil cover and paper dolls of Angelina and her friend Alice, as well as clothes to dress them in!Angelina Ballerina loves playing dress up as much as she loves ballet, so...

In an encore performance, Angelina Ballerina returns in this refreshed picture book from acclaimed author Katharine Holabird and celebrated artist Helen Craig!Angelina is a pretty little mouse who wants nothing more than to be a ballerina. She dances all...

Pirouette into Angelina Ballerina’s enchanting world with this adorable board book about Angelina’s wonderful day—a day full of dancing!Today is a dancing day for Angelina!She brushes her teeth while practicing her pliés, she points her toes while she...

Discover the magical places of the Harry Potter films in one-of-a-kind 3-D scenes.Revisit the magic of Harry Potter through four intricate, multilayered dioramas that capture beloved locations from the films. From Hogwarts to Hogsmeade, Diagon Alley, and...

Rediscover Grug, that unforgettable hero of the Australian bush. Jump and shout and do the Grruggg!

What would you do if you could live forever?Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the Tuck family does she get more than she could have imagined...

Adapted from Judith Byron Schachner's acclaimed book of the same name Yo Vikings! is the mini-saga of 10-year-old Emma Katz the fiercest Viking in Swarthmore PA and her quest for real adventure. Yo Vikings! combines sweeping melodies thrilling Viking...

Pity poor Streptococcus - it should be a piece of cake for a fairy godmother to tell the story of Snow White but her wand is bent and things aren't going quite as they should. Then to make things worse she's interrupted by a couple of English policemen...

Winner! 2011 Barrymore Awards Best Production of a Musical and Best Leading Actor in a Musical Official Selection! The Kennedy Center's New Visions/New Voices FestivalA young professor loses just about everything in the world - everything that is except...

Theatre for Young AudiencesCharacters: 6 males 4 females 6 males or females plus extras"To my way of thinking there are no such things as strays; only those who have not yet found their homes."From the imaginative mind of award winning TYA author Chris...

MusicalCharacters 8 male 7 female plus 18 childrenCarol Ryrie Brink's Newberry Award-winning novel Caddie Woodlawn is brought to exuberant life as a musical. Caddie (the iconic high-spirited Wisconsin pioneer girl beloved by generations of readers) leads...

One act review / 6 to 30 children (10 to 15 is ideal) ages 5 to 15Area staging; unit set.This musical romp through the joys and sorrows of being a child is hilarious. Children give 23 lessons in such subjects as how to beg for a dog how to torture your...

Based on The Tale of Custard the Dragon and Custard the Dragon and the Wicked night by Ogden Nash.Characters: 4m 2f with doubling / Family Musical / Unit Set Join Custard the Dragon and his friends as they embark on a musical journey in which a most...

"'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse." But wait! A mouse is stirring - because Santa missed his house last year. Before you can say "Merry Christmas!" we're off on the wild adventures...

Winner! 2009 AATE Distinguished Play Award Best Adaptation Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas. It begins at an inn on the Devon coast of England in 1775 and...

This powerful adaptation supported by a lyrical score focuses the humor warmth and emotional intensity of Katherine Paterson's Newbery Award-winning novel. Jesse alienated from the pragmatism of his family and rural Virginian culture draws and dreams of...

Sanders Family Christmas is the sequel to Connie Ray and Alan Bailey's wildly successful bluegrass gospel musical Smoke on the Mountain. It's December 24 1941 and America is going to war. So is Dennis Sanders of the Sanders Family Singers. Join Pastor...

Comedy / All Groups / 4m 6f plus 8 boys and 9 girls In this hilarious Christmas tale a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids - probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe...

Young audienceCharacters: 3 male 3 femaleWith help from Uncle Pirate and his faithful talking penguin maybe just maybe Wilson can survive the fourth grade. Wilson is just your average kid. Then one day he finds out his uncle is a pirate... like a REAL...

This comedy portrays the cruelty of youth as a total theatre experience, blending realism with theatrical devices like stylized movement, choral chants and expressionism.

Age range 4 to 7A girl explores her love of dancing and her cultural identity in a lively picture book with echoes of the real-life collaboration between Bharatanatyam icon Rukmini Devi Arundale and ballerina Anna Pavlova.Paro comes from a dancing family...

Maeve aspires to learn ballet and meet new friends, but she is afraid to try something new where she doesn't know anyone. Can Maeve be brave and try new things? In this realistic story about building inner courage to be brave and follow your...

Age range 9+A dazzling collection of poems from an emerging poet, illustrated by Chris RiddellScottish poet Simon Lamb delivers a debut collection for children of fifty luminous poems, each written in exactly fifty words, with subjects ranging from...

"An adorable, thoughtful salute to an industry I so so love." Nik Walker (Hamilton)"A magical trip to the amazing world of Broadway for the kid in all of us." Telly Leung (Aladdin)Broadway Baby longs to sing, dance, shine, and zing on the New York...

Age range 5 to 9Tchaikovsky's magnificent ballet is now accessible to a new, younger audience thanks to this classically elegant picture book adaptation. Painterly illustrations by Teresa Martinez are filled with colours as soft and gentle as swan's...

Age range 9 to 12'For years I've watched ballerinas from this room. I want what you want. I wish to join them.'An injured dancer uses the aid of a dark spirit to regain her title as prima ballerina, but it comes with a cost!Miriam has trained her whole...

Age range 9 to 12 yearsTwelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays and this deal introduction or revision aid really brings it to life for those who are new to Shakespeare or who are studying the play at school. The story of how the...

"Richard III "is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays, and this series really brings it to life for those who are new to Shakespeare or who are studying the play at school. The story of how Shakespeare wrote "Richard III "and how the play fits...

Shakespeare for Everyone is a wonderful series featuring a lively and stimulating approach to some of the most popular of Shakespeare s plays. These books really bring his works to life for those who are new to Shakespeare or who are studying the plays...

"A stunning read [. . .] simmering with tension and gripping to the final word." -Debbie Rigaud, New York Times bestselling author of Simone Breaks All the Rules and A Girl's Guide to Love & MagicNow in paperback! A Black teen dancer with dreams of...

Age range 9 to 12Imaginative, self-confident, EXTRAORDINARY Mimi steps into the spotlight in this charming debut with an emotional heart.If you were to imagine an extraordinary moment of destiny, I bet you wouldn't imagine it in a kitchen on a...

The award-winning creator of the Giraffe and Bird books introduces Dotty the dancing dachshund to celebrate the gifts of those who struggle to "sit" and "stay"Dotty the dachshund knows she was born to dance ballet. When told to sit, she does a pli. Asked...

Nothing moves us like music.Music Mavens transports readers around the world (and beyond) to a jazz performance in Genoa, an instrument lab in London, a Tokyo taiko dojo, a New York City beatbox battle, and even a film scoring session aboard the starship...

BTS (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan) has become one of K-POP's most well-known singing groups. The seven-member Korean boy band formed in 2013 and has slowly grown to worldwide fame through their music. Despite slow beginnings, the K-POP group now has millions...

William Shakespeare is arguably themost pivotal and widely read figure in the history of English literature. This comprehensivecollection highlights some of the bard's best works, adapted to be more easilyread and digestible for children.Featured within...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Othello on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The complete text of the...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Merchant of Venice on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The complete...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Tempest on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The complete text of the original...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of A Midsummer Night's Dream on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Macbeth on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The complete text of the...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Romeo and Juliet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.Each No Fear Shakespeare contains:The complete text...

Age range 6 to 9     Summon your inner Houdini and learn simple magic tricks that will wow your family and friends! How did he do that? Have you ever racked your brains trying to figure out how that birthday party magician...

Age range 3 to 5It's time for the barnyard talent show, and this year the prize is big: tickets to see Elvis Poultry in concert. Chickens Marge and Lola must use all their pluck to outsmart their smarmy duck competition in this hysterically goofy story...

*Winner of the 2020 Crystal Kite Awards* *Winner of the Cook Prize (Silver Medalist)**Winner of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College 2020 in the STEM category**Finalist for a SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award, Atlantic...

Encouraging children to not judge by appearances, this story portrays a group of fleas who decide to start a circus. From Anuska on the trapeze to the Mighty Marusz--strongest flea in the world--this beautifully illustrated book follows clowns, acrobats,...