Want to Know: Going To the Theater

Five stars. Delightfully illustrated, this book includes descriptions of all aspects of play production--from sets, rehearsals, and stage management to public viewing and critics. Puppetry, comedy, classics, and tragedy--it's all here. Take a quiz and play a picture game in the back of the book when you're finished.

This book was such an educational book on theater! Any child who is interested in theater will love learning with this book! I was very impressed with the artwork of this book, it was simple yet very well executed. The book flowed very well and the words which were theater related are in bold. This book would be a very good book for any teacher to teach theater to her students using the bold words as new vocabulary. There is even a page which shows how to create a hand puppet with a sock as well as a play for the young readers to act out. Great book! Definitely recommended. 

I recieved this book from net galley for an honest review. Thank you net galley and Clavis Books for the opportunity to review this book!

This book starts off with a class of students preparing to put on a performance and describes the various steps they go through to put on a play. It quickly veers off from that and begins sharing information about the history of the theatre as well different types of theatre around the world. The important terminology is highlighted and explained such as what is a tragedy or comedy. 

Throughout the book there are many activities the reader can engage in such as breathing activities or how to make your own hand puppet. There are also "Did you know" bubbles that contain various trivia.  At the end, there's a mini quiz so the child can reflect and show what they learned, which is especially helpful if you are using this book in a classroom environment.

 The illustrations are very detailed and sometimes due to the amount of detail, some of the images are small and hard to see all the information contained in them.

This would be a good book to read as an introduction on a unit about theatre, acting or culture. It could also be used before a fieldtrip to the theatre or before putting on a school or class play to share information and get children excited about the prospect. A good book to have in school libraries or teacher resource areas.

The illustrations in this children's book on the theater are wonderful, and they make the book very special.  The author also does a good job setting out the history of ancient theater and describing the basics of modern plays, acting, directing, and scripts .  It is a remarkable book that I wish had been published when I was ten.