You Can Be a Star! (Winning Skills)

You Can Be a Star! (Winning Skills)
Joy Berry (Author)

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Recommended for ages 11 and up.

You Can Be a Star is a highly entertaining, easy-to-read, cartoon-illustrated book from Joy Berry’s best-selling WINNING SKILLS series of books for young people.

Everyone can be a star! Maybe not one who is worshipped by millions of fans, or applauded for a great voice, but you can be a star. In this book Joy explains how you can be a star if you understand:
• the difference of being famous or infamous,
• the six characteristics of stars,
• the two basic kinds of stars,
• some advantages and disadvantages of being a star,
• important information for stars, and
• the six steps to becoming a star.

Every page contains a cartoon that will both drive home the point and capture the reader’s attention.
Teaching these vital skills to young people has never been so easy and so much fun!

The entire Winning Skills series includes these 18 volumes:

You Can Be a Winner!
You Can Have a Great Future!
You Can Be a Star!
You Can Be Happy!
You Can Be Liked!
You Can Be Beautiful!
You Can Break Bad Habits!
You Can Handle Tough Situations!
You Can Handle Rude People!
You Can Handle Criticism and Rejection!
You Can Handle Stress!
You Can Overcome Fear!
You Can Attain Your Goals!
You Can Get Organized!
You Can Be in Control!
You Can Be Assertive!
You Can Be Creative!
You Can Be Smart!

• Rank: #253220 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-04-03
• Released on: 2013-04-03
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Sensational Scenes for Kids: The Scene Study-Guide for Young Actors (Hollywood 101, 5)

Sensational Scenes for Kids: The Scene Study-Guide for Young Actors (Hollywood 101, 5)
Chambers Stevens (Author)
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Sensational Scenes For Kids: The Scene Study-guide for Young Actors! provides 7-12 year-olds with true-to-life comedic and dramatic scenes, all 100% teen tested. Chambers introduces young actors to the challenges of performing scenes written in true industry-standard style in preparation for professional stage and screen auditions. +30 kid-friendly scenes are incorporated. The foreword by 2-time Tony Award-winning producer Kristin Caskey gives kids clear advice on how to develop a successful scene. A glossary of industry terms, index and bibliography of sensational movie scenes young actors should see are also included as a study aid. The scenes in the book are all original, and focus around the lifestyles and experiences of today’s youth.

• Rank: #75110 in Books
• Brand: Sandcastle Pub
• Published on: 2003-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .33" h x 5.56" w x 8.42" l, .36 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Eyewitness: Costume

Eyewitness: Costume
L Rowland-Warne (Author)
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Discover the history of costumes -- from ancient loincloths and Roman togas to bustles, bonnets and haute couture. Here is an original and exciting look at the colorful history of clothes and fashion. Superb, full-color photographs of original clothes, accessories and ornaments worn by real-life men, women and children offer a unique and revealing "eyewitness" view of the history of costume. See brooches and hairpins worn by Roman women, the opulence of Renaissance clothes and jewels, 17th-century fans, gloves, and bags, a hippie father and son, Queen Victoria's stockings, and a Viking shoe. Learn what false fat bellies were stuffed with, how Romans folded their togas, how the discovery of the New World changed European costume, and when the starch was first used to stiffen fabric. Discover how textiles have affected fashion, when men wore stockings, what a farthingale was used for, what the first bathing suits looked like, why women used to wear corsets, and much, much more.

• Rank: #679433 in Books
• Brand: DK CHILDREN
• Published on: 2000-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .41" h x 8.76" w x 11.22" l, 1.11 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

Seattle Children's Theatre: Six Plays for Young Audiences Volume I

Seattle Children's Theatre: Six Plays for Young Audiences Volume I
Marisa Smith (Author, Editor)
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Seattle Children's Theatre is a national leader in the field of theatre for young audiences. Celebrating its 25th year of professional theatre for young and family audiences, SCT has premiered over sixty new plays, and has commissioned and produced plays by nationally recognized playwrights like Constance Congdon, Steven Dietz, Jon Klein, Kevin Kling OyamO, Y York and Suzan Zeder. SCT has also had collaborations with some of Europe's leading theatres for young audiences including Blauw Vier and Speeltheater-Holland. SCT has garnered numerous awards and grants, many of which had never previously been given to a theatre for young audiences including the AT&T Onstage Award, The Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, The Pew Charitable Trust/Theatre Communications Award, and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Award.

• Rank: #718565 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 295 pages

The House That Sailed Away

The House That Sailed Away
Pat Hutchins (Author)
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A wacky theatrical adapation of the classic children's novel The House That Sailed Away.

• Rank: #47164 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.27" h x .24" w x 5.16" l, .25 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 104 pages

Mayhem In the Museum

Mayhem In the Museum
Vicky Town (Author)

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Mayhem in the Museum Everyone is excited about the Installation party when the artist Dot will unveil her new painting. But when two ghosts appear and steal the painting and kidnap Dot's mother there really is mayhem in the museum! Audiences will enjoy the hilarious attempts of the detectives, Chef, Art Director and wiggly school children as they try to solve this comedy mystery! A great resource for anyone who works with youth 6-13 years old. This royalty free play comes with permission to make photocopies of the script. Flexible cast 17-27-perfect for any group! Includes lesson plans and tips to help beginning directors!

• Rank: #183921 in Books
• Published on: 2013-04-16
• Binding: Paperback
• 74 pages

Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Actors

Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Actors
Mary Hall Surface (Author)
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Eleven- to fourteen-year-olds bring unrivaled energy to the work of making theater. They demand dramatic material that speaks directly to them--that captures their every daybutgigantically important struggles with school, parents, and friends; that explores their painful wrestlings with the hard knocks and hard choices of adolescence; and that ignites their desire to imaginatively explore other places and times. This collection of scenes and monologues offers exciting monologues and multiple-actor scenes that are outstanding short audition pieces.

• Rank: #296456 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.87" h x 5.43" w x .0" l, .1 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 183 pages

Yoko & Friends School Days: The School Play - Book #2 (Yoko and Friends--School Days)

Yoko & Friends School Days: The School Play - Book #2 (Yoko and Friends--School Days)
Rosemary Wells (Author), Jody Wheeler (Illustrator)
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When Mrs. Jenkins annuonces that her class of stars is going to put on a school play about dental hygiene, everyone is thrilled! But when Mrs. Jenkins assigns roles, Yoko gets a clinker--the cavity! What will she do?

• Rank: #2473818 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-01
• Released on: 2001-09-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Stories on Stage: Children's Plays for Readers Theater, With 15 Reader's Theatre Play Scripts From 15 Authors, Including Roald Dahl's The Twits and Louis Sachar's Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Stories on Stage: Children's Plays for Readers Theater, With 15 Reader's Theatre Play Scripts From 15 Authors, Including Roald Dahl's The Twits and Louis Sachar's Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Aaron Shepard (Author)
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• Rank: #74322 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.02" h x .31" w x 8.27" l, .85 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 162 pages

Tarzan: The Broadway Adventure

Tarzan: The Broadway Adventure
Michael Lassell (Author)
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In this colorful volume are exquiste costume and set design sketches and models as well as images of the set in all stages of its development. The book conveys the full beauty of the show's unequalled drama and offers readers unique insight into a process few will ever see.

• Rank: #228955 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-15
• Released on: 2007-03-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.51" h x .67" w x 9.02" l, 2.02 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

• Disney
• Tarzan
• Broadway Shows
• Children's Books
• Collector's Edition, Collector's Books

Kids Take the Stage: Helping Young People Discover the Creative Outlet of Theater

Kids Take the Stage: Helping Young People Discover the Creative Outlet of Theater
Lenka Peterson (Author), Dan O'Conner (Author), Paul Newman (Foreword)
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• Foreword by Paul Newman

• Completely revised and updated version of a beloved theater classic

• Replaces Kids Take the Stage, ISBN 0-8230-7742-X

• Clear, practical guide to helping kids ages 8 to 18 get a show up and running



The classic Kids Take the Stage is one of the best-selling Back Stage Books of all time. Now Back Stage is proud to present the completely revised and updated second edition of this indispensable guide to getting young people on stage and helping them create their own shows. For teachers, for parents, for budding actors, emerging crew, and incipient directors—this is the book that shows how to get a production up and running...and have fun in the process. Clear and accessible, Kids Take the Stage outlines a systematic approach to staging, complete with basic lessons in acting, relaxation and trust-building exercises, and improvisations. From first read-through to opening night, from butterflies to bravos, this is the perfect book to help young people realize their creative potential. www.sherrihaab.com .

Nina Edwards is a graphic designer and illustrator. She lives in New York City.

• Rank: #160185 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-01
• Released on: 2006-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x .67" w x 7.01" l, .86 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

The Best of Shakespeare: Retellings of 10 Classic Plays (Opie Library)

The Best of Shakespeare: Retellings of 10 Classic Plays (Opie Library)
E. Nesbit (Author), Iona Opie (Introduction), Peter Hunt (Contributor)
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At the heart of any great work of literature is a story. William Shakespeare's plays are no exception. They tell the stories of kings and queens, of ghosts and witches, of romance and passion. But to get to the stories at the heart of the Bard's plays, the reader must first work through Shakespeare's language, a task often too demanding for younger readers (and for many adults). This new paperback edition brings ten of Shakespeare's greatest plays to life. E. Nesbit, the classic British children's author, shakes off the burdensome complexity of Shakespeare's language and tells the stories at the core of the plays with a generous sprinkle of wit and humor. Her graceful, vivid retellings, written in highly accessible and lucid prose, are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's work.
All of these major works are included in this anthology: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Winter's Tale, and Twelfth Night. The text is illustrated with dramatic black-and-white photographs from contemporary productions of the plays by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Stratford Festival (Ontario, Canada), and the Folger Library's Shakespeare Theater. Also included is an afterword by Peter Hunt, a leading scholar of children's literature.
These retellings of the classic tales of one of the world's greatest playwrights remind us that it is never too early for Shakespeare.

• Rank: #46002 in Books
• Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
• Published on: 1999-05-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .36" h x 6.10" w x 9.38" l, .41 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Mystery Plays (Grades 4-8)

Mystery Plays (Grades 4-8)
Tom Conklin (Author)
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8 Plays for the Classroom Based on Stories by Famous Writers
8 plays and related activities based on classic mystery stories by writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dashiell Hammett, Ellery Queen, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others. The creative, cross-curricular extension activities help students fully explore the genre of mystery.

• Rank: #666699 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Razoes Inexplicaveis (Portuguese Edition)

Razoes Inexplicaveis (Portuguese Edition)
Rafael Palhares Neves (Author)

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No intervalo de uma vida, já refletiu quantas vezes sua existência foi proclamada sem que você soubesse?

Um par de meninas fazem compras num shopping e comentam a vida amorosa de uma delas. Envolvendo no assunto, duas vendedoras da loja. Produzindo numa delas o prazer da curiosidade nos pecados alheios e na outra, o asco pelo mau-caratismo em cima do singelo namorado.

Este conto é um exemplo de razão inexplicável que surge na casualidade do destino para aqueles que não estão a par de todos os fatos. Ou seja, um exemplo que se aplica a todos nós.

• Rank: #294735 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-04-01
• Released on: 2013-04-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Julius Caesar (Barron's Graphic Classics)

Julius Caesar (Barron's Graphic Classics)
Michael Ford (Adapter), William Shakespeare (Author), Li Sidong (Illustrator)

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Shakespeare's immortal drama is retold here in a graphic novel format. Julius Caesar, emperor of Rome, is brutally assassinated, but soon the conspirators Brutus, Marc Antony, and Cassius turn against one another to spark a civil war. Barron's popular and growing series of Graphic Classics titles introduce many of the world's literary masterpieces to young readers. Elementary and secondary school teachers will value these books as a way to make great novels and plays accessible to their students--especially to those students who resist reading. Presented in graphic novel format, each title tells an absorbing, fast-paced story dramatized with high-quality color illustrations. After delving into any of these stimulating titles, many boys and girls will feel encouraged to discover the joy of reading the masterworks in their original form. Each Graphic Classics title includes a thumbnail biography of the author, a list of his or her important works, a timeline of historic events that helped inspire the story, general notes, and an index. Graphic Classics titles are available in both paperback and hardcover editions.

• Rank: #499668 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .40" h x 6.80" w x 10.20" l, .70 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 48 pages

DK Readers: Welcome to the Globe: The Story of Shakespeare's Theatre (Level 4: Proficient Readers)

DK Readers: Welcome to the Globe: The Story of Shakespeare's Theatre (Level 4: Proficient Readers)
Peter Chrisp (Author)
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This Level 4 book is appropriate for proficient readers. It is 1602, and the Globe has just opened in London. Come backstage for a tour of this famous theater! These 48-page books about fascinating subjects like pirates, mummies, and volcanoes are for proficient readers who can understand a rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure. In addition to the stunning photographs, informative sidebars, and glossary, readers will find archival photographs and paintings. Averaging 4,500 to 5,000 words in length, Level 4 books are 40 percent pictures and 40 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.

• Rank: #576009 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .18" h x 5.93" w x 9.01" l, .28 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature

Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature
George Sullivan (Author)
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When Charles S. Stratton was born in 1838, he was a large baby, perfect in every way. But then he stopped growing. At age four, though a happy and mischievous child, he was just over two feet tall and weighed only fifteen pounds—the exact same size he had been as a seven-month-old baby. It was then that the notorious showman P.T. Barnum dubbed him Tom Thumb and put him on display, touring him around the world as a curiosity.
     A natural performer, Charley became enormously popular and wealthy, more so than any other performer before him. In this spirited biography—the first on its subject—George Sullivan recounts the fascinating adventures of Tom Thumb, and raises challenging questions about what constitutes exploitation—both in the 19th century and today.

• Rank: #636265 in Books
• Published on: 2011-04-11
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

How Does the Show Go On (Library Edition)

How Does the Show Go On (Library Edition)
Thomas Schumacher (Author)
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Filled with detailed explanations, captivating illustrations, and entertaining trivia, this clearly written, lively, and uniquely-designed book is a first-of-its-kind introduction to the world of the Theatre, from the box office to backstage, and beyond. From one side of the book, the reader enters via the front door, where the people and activities of the “ front of house” can be examined. From the book's other side, the reader enters the “ Stage Door,” where the behind-the-scenes world of the “ Back of house” is revealed. In exploring this visually-inviting “ theatre of the mind,” readers encounter the people, places, occupations, and equipment of the theatre world, and have the opportunity to investigate them all. From the box office and the Usher Staff to the Dressing Rooms and the Backstage doorman, the reader may wander at will within this one-of-a-kind world, discovering the wonders of theatre all along the way.

• Rank: #58483 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-21
• Released on: 2008-10-21
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages