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Faire découvrir et aimer Molière au travers d'un opéra, tel était le pari d'Isabelle Aboulker. Alternant récit et chants, cette œuvre à destination des enfants permet d'entrer dans l'univers du théâtre de Molière, de découvrir quelques extraits les plus savoureux de ses œuvres : "Tartuffe", "Le malade imaginaire", "L'Avare". Jean-Baptiste P., collégien d'aujourd'hui, veut faire partager sa passion pour l'œuvre de Jean-Baptiste Poquelin.

”Fans of Beverly Cleary’s Quimbys, Judy Blume’s Hatchers, and, more recently, Jeanne Birdsall’s Penderwicks will fervently hope that more Fletcher misadventures are yet to come.” —School Library Journal, Starred The start of the school year is not going as the Fletcher brothers hoped...

Depuis sa création, Pierre et le loup fait partie des œuvres incontournables de l'éveil musical.

In R.L. Stine's A Midsummer Night's Scream, the Master of Horror takes on the Master of Theatre! Oh, what fools these actors be! It was a horror movie that turned into real horror--three young actors lost their lives while the camera rolled. Production stopped, and people claimed that the movie...

Sous Louis XIII, Le Baron de Sigognac s'ennuie dans son grand château en ruine, lorsqu'une troupe de théâtre frappe à sa porte et demande à se loger pour la nuit. Il accepte alors de les accueillir chez lui. Le lendemain, le Baron décide de prendre la route avec eux. Une série d'aventures...

Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms. His Muppets became world-renowned celebrities and formed the backbone of a media...

Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the class play, Marty's absolutely, positively sure that there's been a huge mistake. But after a special lesson in the art of improvisation, Marty comes up with her OWN plan to IMPROVE the play: Why use stuffed-animal frog onstage when a live one would be so much better? In the end, Marty's one-of-a-kind performance makes for an unforgettable show. Maybe Marty CAN live happily ever after, after all!

When Sylvia and her old nurse Nana agree to keep house for Gum, they know they will be looking after his fossil collection while his away on his travels. But imagine their surprise when one day he brings them something else - three baby girls whose names all being with 'P'! Pauline, Petrova...

Peter England, Una Stubbs and Crawford Logan star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Philippa Pearce’s enchanting time-slip tale. When his brother catches measles, Tom is sent away to stay with his Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan, and is thoroughly fed up about it. What a boring summer...

A collection of audiobooks 23 and 24 in the Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo series! Open Wide is a funny adventure that kids can really sink their teeth into! When Emma W.’s little brother Matthew overhears Katie talking about how awful going to the dentist is, he’s terrified! So Katie...

Naxos AudioBooks presents the history of the Plantaganets as seen through the eyes of Shakespeare. These easy-to-understand introductions feature key speeches and scenes from the plays themselves, and are very accessible for children approaching Shakespeare for the first time, as well as being an invaluable aid to the history of the Plantaganets, from Richard II to Richard III. This set covers Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI parts 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III.

In the Spanish-language edition of The Animal Boogie, shake, shimmy and boggie-woogie-oogie with the creatures of the Indian jungle! Come and join the fun as a group of creatures from the Indian jungle show children from all over the world how to dance to the animal boogie! An elephant, a sloth bear, a vulture, and a snake are some of the characters who will help you boogie your way through this playful story. A lively, rhyming text, a musical score, and an easy-to-learn dance routine teach children coordination and make sure that they have plenty of fun at the same time.

Seven of Shakespeare's most celebrated plays—As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pericles, Romeo & Juliet, and The Winter's Tale—have been specifically adapted by Edith Nesbit to introduce young listeners to the Bard' s works. Made accessible to young listeners without sacrificing any essential elements, these classic retellings capture the drama and flavor of each original play while simplifying plot and detail.

Clair-de-Lune has lived all her life with her grandmother at the top of a very tall, very old building. Her mother, a ballerina, died on stage when Clair-de-Lune was a baby. Ever since that day, she has not uttered a word. Then she meets tiny, brave Bonaventure (a talking dancer-mouse) who takes her to the monastery hidden in a secret fold of Clair-de-Lune's apartment building. Magical, whimsical and delightful, this wonderful story will entertain readers of all ages from eight to 80!

A delightful adveture full of humor and heart set in Elizabethan England! Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the...

It's the big dance show! This level 2 reader is ideal for children who are beginning to read. It's the big dance show and Nina is a butterfly. She has pretty wings and a bug mask, but she is not the only one! Nina worries that her mother won't be able to pick her out among the other butterflies...

In 1944 the modern American ballet Appalachian Spring premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The collaborators behind the performance anxiously awaited the critical response to their artistic achievement: Would the world understand what they had done? In Ballet for Martha, the journey to this stage and the success shared among choreographer Martha Graham, composer Aaron Copland, and artist Isamu Noguchi is expressively captured by acclaimed children’s book authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan.

Playing the star in the class dance show, Nina finds herself in an awkward situation. All her friends think that she is the star of the show, so she now has to set the record straight and make things right once more. Reader Level 2: Level 2 is for Progressing Readers who can read longer...

The Aldens are visiting the Alamo with their grandfather. They arrive at the Alamo to find that a movie is being made there — and they are going to be in it. But then things start to go wrong on the movie set, and a priceless ring from the Alamo Museum disappears. Are the two things connected?...

The St. Charles Players present a new and unique telling of this children's classic performed in exciting Radio Theatre style.