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Title: RIBBONS
OF LIGHT;
STORIES,
POEMS, AND A PLAY OR
TWO,
FOR THE YOUNG, THE OLDER,
OR
JUST ME AND YOU
Author: Herb
Haslam
Publisher: Windspur Press, ©2003
Paperback
Summary: This
book comprises stories, poems, and plays. Though each piece can
be enjoyed by an individual reader, the material is also written
to be recited or presented from the stage.
Type of Reading: Anytime
reading, family reading, read aloud book, middle reader, independent
reading, advanced reader.
Age Level: 9
to 12
Kids Reviews: The
variety of the materials and genres provides something to meet
the interests and talent level of middle or junior high school
actors and pique the interest of an audience.
The short stories
and poems are fun to read as are the plays. The
plays can also serve as preparatory or practice material
or as
quality presentation pieces.
Borrow or Buy? Buy,
especially if you're a theatre coach, drama director, or
school or community librarian.
Reprinted by Permission
It is a special
collection of a few of the author’s favorite stories, presented
here – not just for the family –
but for younger readers exploring on their own the world of
make believe characters. Here’s just a few that you will
meet…
• The wretched
rook and his hideous gleaming three foot beak.
• A pair
of Ring Wrongs who have never known silence.
• Those
intrepid adventurers, The Little Tailor and The Old Gypsy Woman,
who set out to cross a dangerous mountain together.
• The great
sorcerer Thout, and the beautiful bird Bennu who came to lead each
new day across the skies.
• A mysterious
craft from deep outer space with haunting music that lays a spell
on an unsuspecting young man, changing his life forever.
• A little
band of travelers, including Madeline, the Three Trolls, Prince
Floof, and
a Dutchess, all jolting along in a wagon pulled by Twenty-To-One,
on a journey
with or without the help of a Really Weird Boatman, in search of
the place
where a fellow makes perfect stars out of clouds, crystals, sunlight,
and a little
faith.
• And finally,
a strange place where it takes a magical dog, a hunter, two wisemen and
one wisewoman to change a King’s point of view from pretty
awful to, hopefully,
a heck of lot better one for all of us!
The gates of
this small story kingdom swing open and invite you to enter, stay
as long as you wish, and come back often!
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