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Children Putting on Plays

From the October 12, 2008 Pigeon Post essay of the same name.

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

A Time to Keep written and illustrated by Tasha Tudor Highly Recommended
House on East Eighty-Eighth Street written and illustrated by Bernard Waber Highly Recommended
A Certain Small Shepherd by Rebecca Caudill and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Recommended
Wombat Divine by Mem Fox and illustrated by Kerry Argent Recommended
The Nutcracker by Janet Schulman and E.T.A. Hoffmann and illustrated by Renee Graef Recommended
Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie Starring the Nutshell Kids by Maurice Sendak Recommended


Independent Reader

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Highly Recommended
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Robert Sabuda Highly Recommended
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Highly Recommended
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson and illustrated by Sue Porter Highly Recommended
Theater Shoes by Noel Streatfeild Highly Recommended
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott Recommended
Hazel Green by Odo Hirsch Recommended
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth Williams Recommended
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood Suggested


Young Adult

Hamlet by William Shakespeare Highly Recommended

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