Big Book Script

This reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.

An updated version of this classic children's song of a mischievous little dog is now available for another generation to enjoy. After being scolded by his young owner, the little dog with his ears cut short and his tail cut long runs away from home. When the little dog's adventures climbing a mountain, surfing in the sea, and riding in a rodeo go awry, the little dog decides to return to the one place he loves best. With a wagging tail and a joyful heart, the little dog is home to stay with the little girl who loves him best.

Who Killed Who-The Little Dog Knew! is a delightful dog mystery about Jack Russell terriers and five men with an invention that could help mankind. An inventor has created a device that collapses fires, stops hurricanes from developing, and reduces explosions from bombs. The invention leads to rivalries, marital problems, kidnappings, and deaths. The wives and girlfriends of these men have strong personalities that color the mystery and add wit. Close relationships between the men, women, their children, and dogs play a prominent part as the mystery unfolds. A Greek tycoon, a defrocked priest, an exotic half-caste, a doctor, an Irishman, a cop, businessmen, beautiful and intelligent women and some oddballs round out the cast of characters. Action, murder, international intrigue, love, and man's best friend all contribute to the puzzle to be unraveled. These are fascinating and realistic people dealing with sudden wealth and dangerous jealousies due to a remarkable invention. We follow them through an exciting and intricate series of events over a four-year period as they sort out their relationships with good and bad people. With unexpected twists and turns, they finally solve the mysteries with the help of the cook's dog.

While investigating a suicide, Dave Brandstetter discovers a dead reporter's final scoop. Journalist Adam Streeter covered some of the most dangerous stories of the last quarter century, ranging from Cambodia to Siberia and anywhere troubled in between. Fearless, dashing, and more than a little resourceful, Streeter was renowned as much for his virtuosic writing as the shocking reality of what he uncovered along the way. Why would someone who lived so purposefully and with such demonstrable bravery turn a pistol on himself? Insurance investigator Dave Brandstetter has seen enough suicides to know this isn’t one. Suspecting treachery, he digs into Adam's last story — an unpublished investigation into the whereabouts of a vanished South American strongman, called El Carnicero, the Butcher — and finds that Adam's death shows every hallmark of his bloody style. Dave quickly realized that some very powerful people would like him to drop the case. Dave’s own lover, Cecil, would like to see him take it easy for once. But Cecil knows Brandstetter is not so unlike the man whose death he’s investigating. The truth, to someone like Brandstetter or Streeter, is worth the ultimate price. As he attempts to finish Adam’s story and get to the bottom of the journalist’s death, Dave will find more than a few people willing to make him pay it.

Hannah is the story of one girl's journey from childhood to tribal leader and deep bonds of friendship she forges along the way. Hannah,Konti and Muuri rescue an injured chick of Condor on Mt. Ouija, a mountain sacred to the Porabi tribe. They nurse it back to health and children and bird become close friend enjoying an idyllic life.l Their happines is shattered. A night before final match ,to select Hannah's fiancee, Konti and Muuri disappeared to avoid the match,leaving Hannah feeling abondaned,confused and betrayed. As the people of Porabi reel from crisis,grand mother Tauwa reveals a long-held secret and Hannah is called upon to assume her special place within the tribe. Just when all seems lost, Konti and his brave friend Amati appeared leading a pack of wolves back to save the village. Hannah' heart soars when she sees Muuri,too,returning to the village leading the charge of the blue dragon cavalry of kingdom Kamui. The story ends as it began with Hannah,Konti and Muuri on MT.Ouija. As Muuri lies dying, Hannah must make the final decision to save his life.