The books in this series, "Stories for Telling", "Dance Shaba Dance!" and "Shadow Shadow" contain stories and rhymes with ideas to dramatise them for early childhood educators. Suggestions for making props (many can be made by both teachers and children) and teaching resources are included.

Shadow Shadow - Shadow puppets and shadow puppet plays
Paperback:36 pages
Publisher:The Beaded Frog Books (2008)
Language: English
ISBN:978-0-9775755-2-7
Dimensions: 210 x 300 x 3mm
Price: $25 (Australian Dollars)

Shadow Shadow - When we introduce shadow puppets for storytelling we are creating a whole and complete literacy experience captured in the rich aural and visual dimensions of the arts. Light, shadows and movement capture the imagination and create a wonderful journey of magic, colour, music, dance, rhyme and singing. These shadow characters, rich in inviting patterns, hold us spellbound as they act out their stories.

The stories in this book have been especially selected for shadow puppets. However, they will generally lend themselves equally well to reading aloud and telling through other media such as sand trays, felt and magnetic boards, dramatisation, glove puppets, and drawing or painting-as-you-tell.

The plots are easy to remember. They are repetitive and invite the audience to participate in singing, clapping, dancing or chanting.

Patterns for the shadow puppets are available in the appendix

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Each story in Shadow Shadow includes a list of requirements - props and materials for example, and hints for preparation. A photograph of the shadow screen is shown as an additional guide.

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The story occupies the left column of the page with suggestions for story telling and creating scenes in the right hand column.

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Instructions for making and using shadow puppets, constructing shadow puppet screens and creating backdrops for the plays appear in Appendix A.

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Patterns for the shadow puppets appear (at a reduced size) in Appendix B. The beautiful illustrations are by the author.