This book contains more than two dozen reader's theater scripts to entertain and amuse those in the classroom or library. The scripts in the book--all are reproducible--can help nurture student language arts skills and the power of the imagination with their fractured "takes" on fairy tales and their twisted legends. Designed to re-energize the reading and writing curricula, this humorous collection of scripts educates and entertains. Performance guidelines and numerous tips and ideas for using reader's theater extend language learning. Appended are: an extensive bibliography selected for further reading, more ideas, and a resource list. (NKA)