Fairy Tale Reader's Theater Script-Stories: The Blue Book Collection

Ready for Grimm with a grin? These Reader's Theater scripts re-tell classic fairy tales, keeping the events of the original stories in tact while adding wit and humor. 

This collection contains five reader's theater script-stories:

• "Little Red Riding Hood"
• "Puss-in-Boots"
• "Jack and the Beanstalk"
• "Rumpelstiltskin"
• "Hansel and Gretel"

Below are detailed descriptions of each Reader's Theater script story.

• Little Red Riding Hood (7 pages with parts for 6 readers)  This adaptation of "Little Red Riding Hood" presents the original events of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale with a healthy dose of wit and humor. When Little Red Riding Hood heads into the deep woods for Grandmother's house, the Big Bad Wolf has a deadly trap waiting for her. The download also includes the original version of the fairy tale and a coloring page.
• Puss-in-Boots (9 pages with parts for 15 readers) Adventure with fairy tale land's most famous feline! When the youngest son of a Miller inherits nothing but a cat, he thinks his life is over. That is, until his cat makes a proposition: buy him some boots, and he will make his master wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. So begins the adventures of Puss in Boots, one of fairy tale land's most charming rogues. Over the course of his adventures, Puss in Boots cons a king, outwits an ogre, and wins wealth and fame for his hapless master. Based on the 17th century fairy tale by Charles Perrault, this story's plot is true to the original fairy tale, yet embellished with humor and wit. The download also includes a coloring page!
• Jack and the Beanstalk (7 pages with parts for 9 readers) Experience this classic fairy tale of magical beans, a murderous giant, and a mile-high beanstalk! A poor family of two needs food for their next meal, so Jack's mother sends him out to sell their beloved cow, Milky White. When Jack meets a strange, old man in the forest, he instead swaps the cow for some magic beans. Enraged, Jack's mother throws the beans out the window, but overnight the beans grow into a huge beanstalk that leads into a magical world filled with giants, singing harps, and gold-egg-laying hens.
• Rumpelstiltskin (8 pages with parts for 6 readers) When a miller brags to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold, the girl finds herself locked in a dungeon with a roomful of straw to spin. A strange little man appears and promises to complete the task—for a fee. But what happens when he asks a price she is unwilling to pay? So begins one of the all-time classic fairy tales.
• Hansel and Gretel (10 pages with parts for 6 readers) When brother and sister Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the woods by their wicked stepmother and weak-willed father, they must use their wits and courage (and breadcrumbs) to find their way home again. But when their plans go awry, they end up in a witch’s gingerbread cottage, a sweet dream turned nightmare where they are the main dish. Weaving together themes of abandonment, family ties, and neverending hope, Hansel and Gretel is possibly the world’s most famous fairy tale, and this adaptation is true to the original version told by the Brothers Grimm.