Suzanne I. Barchers

This is an Indian tale where a princess learns about a terrible thing about the man that she loves. She marries him anyway and due to her devotion and persistence with her man, she is granted a wish. She wishes that she can have a baby, and that the evil King is overthrown so that her husband becomes the rightful King. I personally wouldn't read this in my classroom. I don't like how it portrays that the women is only good because she is married to a man and as babies. I do think that the show more illustrations were beautiful though, they were the wood carving illustrations.
Genre: FolkTale, Fantasy show less

(This tale is also included in the Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang)

This is one of these fairy tales where the woman is the one who saves the man she loves. It's quite refreshing, really. The illustrated version of this book is also lovely.

Readers Theatre is such an easy way to involve children and even teens in reading, promotion, and dramatic activities that it should be commonplace in every school and certainly in every learning commons. The authors here provide over thirty scripts that are easily duplicated and used instantly. Barchers work is exceptional in this arena for the easy flowing narrative that is both entertaining and easy for many struggling readers to present. Barchers fans already know this and those show more unfamiliar with her work, this is a good volume to add to your collection. Highly recommended. show less

I think boys especially will like this book, because boys tend to like to race each other , race cars, and in general make things go fast, so they can relate to the Pete. Girls will enjoy it too because of they can do the same things boys can. I think this book is more for working with recognizing words, site words, and vocabulary. Not really a good theme book.
Subject: Human Body
Source: Pierce County Library