Adapting the popular Spot books for the stage, David Wood has created an exciting introduction to theatre for small children. Using the simple plot of a birthday party, complete with entertainer, the puppy and his animal friends teach and reflect children's early experiences such as guests arriving, present giving, game playing and going home thank-yous. Th ere is fun audience participation throughout with the children treated more as party guests than simply as spectators. Plenty of fun for the actors, too, with singing, character movement and, optionally, some acrobatic skills to show off!

 

This book is part of a book series called French's Acting Editions .

This book was published 2002 by Samuel French Ltd .

David Wood is Wood is a leading writer and director of plays and musicals for children. His most famous story, The Gingerbread Man, has been performed all over the world. Eric Hill (www. funwithspot. com) left school when he was 15 and took up cartooning while working as a messenger at an art studio. He created "Where's Spot? "as a bedtime story for his two-year old son. It was published four years later, and the rest is history. "