Little Dramas for Primary Grades

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skinner, Ada M. (Ada Maria), 1878-

Contributor:

Lawrence, Lillian Nixon

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Little Dramas for Primary Grades" by Ada M. Skinner and Lillian Nixon Lawrence is a collection of dramatic readers designed for young children, written in the early 20th century. This compilation aims to meet the educational need for suitable dramatic literature that can captivate the imagination of students in primary grades and enhance their literary appreciation and interpretative skills. Through a variety of playful, engaging tales featuring animals and children, this text encourages performance and expression among its young readers. The opening of the collection introduces various characters and scenes, starting with "Bunny Rabbit and the Lion," where themes of bravery and cleverness are explored as Bunny Rabbit devises a plan to help Mother Deer recover her stolen fawn from the Lion. The subsequent scenes introduce more whimsical characters, such as the Odd Man and True Dog, who highlight themes of friendship and loyalty while navigating through curious situations. The content is straightforward and engaging, tailored to grab young readers' attention and spark their enthusiasm for storytelling and performance through short, simple plays. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 97.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read.

Release date is 2016-10-10