A musical comedy for a primary school cast. The songs are a mix of well known songs and original material. You get: editable script, very basic score,vocal tracks, backing tracks, OHP sheets and worksheets. Normal retail price £42.50 The price includes a licence to perform it three times to any audience. CAST: Narrator(s) Dick Toodles the Cat Liza and Jack (hop assistants) Mr Fitzwarren (Shop owner) Alice (his daughter) Exotic dancers Fairy Queen King Rat Other Rats Ship’s crew- Captain 1st mate 2nd mate 3rd mate Muffin Man Flower girl Butcher Man Chimney Sweep Emperor and Empress Servant Customer Rats,mice,bugs,flies, and spiders Optional: Shabby People Optional: Extra crew

Delightful short musical play with one easy, instant. bouncy, catchy song to inspire your young actors. No musical ability needed- play the backing track! (A track with vocals is also included, so you can learn the song) Basic sheet music also included with the script. Ideal for work on “Traditional Tales”, and a lovely item for an assembly presentation of 15 mins approx.

A short 15-20 minute musical play for ages 5-11 to promote the importance of reading! A fantastic, fun class assembly, and a very useful resource for literacy lessons. Particularly suitable as an item to enhance your “Book Week” or “World Book Day” No musical ability needed. Just sing along to the song, which is supplied with vocals and as a backing track too. Or use a pianist if preferred. A basic melody-line score is provided free of charge. Lots of other easy musical plays available from magicparrot.com Copyright Freddie Green All rights reserved. Do not perform, sell, lend, hire or distribute without permission. Photocopiable by one purchaser for use at one specific site. Synopsis/ Teacher’s Notes : The books in a library are squabbling about who is the most important book in the library. And they.are grumbling because they are hardly ever taken off the shelves! They decide to go on a march to show everyone how important and valuable they are! The play features a lengthy song “The Book Parade” with unison singing, individual parts and plenty of marching action. All the children in the class should take part in the “book parade”. Depending on the size of the class, you must decide whether they do this all at once or in groups. On the CD…… Track 1: “The Book Parade” ……with vocals Track 2: “The Book Parade” ……without vocals Optional: You can customize this play, depending on the talents in the class. For instance, if you have a ballet “expert” he/she can dress as a ballet instruction book and give a brief ballet demonstration. The same applies to children who are “experts” in other areas e.g. football, swimming, other sports, photography, martial arts, boxing, scouting, playing the trumpet etc etc. Costumes/ Scenery : The children wear colourful “Sandwich boards” made of cardboard, depicting a range of fiction and non-fiction book covers, magazines, comics, newspapers etc. You need to make these in an art lesson beforehand! Alternatively, the children can carry “Big Books” around the stage. No scenery is needed, but a selection of “Big Books” could be displayed on stage. Cast: Narrator, and: Children dressed as: Story Book, Animal Book, History Book, Science Book Transport Book, Dictionary, Encyclopaedia Poetry Book ABC book, Cookery Book, Joke Book N.B. The rest of the class are dressed as books of their choice, or as characters from books. They march in the book parade and sing!