Dance, Shaba, Dance and Other Puppet Stories

This beautiful book, illustrated in full colour, is the first in a series of companion books to Stories for Telling. Rhymes, Puppets, Drama. The stories in this book, are written for participation, reading aloud, puppet telling, felt and magnetic boards, and sand trays. Many are invitations to dramatise, to dance, or create music. Most of the stories are illustrated with puppets constructed from a diverse range of materials.

Each story contains information about the puppets used, resources for telling the story, suggestions for telling and dramatisation. Still to come in this series are Shadow Puppet Stories, Stories to Read Aloud, Sand Tray and Small Theatres, Verse and Poetry.