In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the Italian city of Verona is disrupted by two wealthy families at war. The Capulets and the Montagues despise each other. Unwittingly, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love. Too afraid to tell their families, Romeo and Juliet marry in secret. They make this choice knowing that nothing good can come from their deception. The hatred between their families creates a tragic end.
Two spiders, a fairy, a leopard, a python, and a sky god are the stars of this great world myth who call the African jungle and rainforest home. Under normal circumstances, this group of characters would never be friends. However, this story is anything but normal and finds common ground for the sake of preserving the cross-cultural need for storytelling.
In The Tragedy of King Lear, the elderly King of England is ready to divide the kingdom among his three daughters. As a test, he asks them to proclaim their love for him. Goneril and Regan profess great love. Cordelia, the King's favorite daughter, refuses to put her love into words. Lear banishes Cordelia and divides the kingdom between Goneril and Regan. Goneril and Regan decide that their father is a nuisance and plot to get rid of him. His daughters' disloyalty drives Lear mad and brings tragedy to the royal family.
Raised by coyotes, Pecos Bill, the rootinest, tootinest, rip-snortinest cowboy of all time is about to meet his match in this story, which also features an amazing woman who rides catfish and a horse named Widowmaker.
The Pledge of Allegiance: Poem of Patriotism is a story of some students who are struggling with the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. Even though they say it everyday, they are not quite sure what they are saying. With the help of their teachers and parents, the children soon learn what the pledge means and what it symbolizes about freedom in America.
This fun story follows the life’s adventures of the legendary mountainman, Davy Crockett, as he grapples with bears, charms a raccoon out of a tree, and attempts to avert a crisis and save the day.
Phoebe Ann Mosey, better known as Annie Oakley, takes center stage in this story that follows the life of a sharp shootin’ Western folk hero from her early struggles in a poor family to a time when she amazes audiences all over the world.
In The Tragedy of Macbeth, three witches tell a general that he is destined to become King of Scotland. The general, Macbeth, becomes fixated on this prophecy. He and his wife decide to take matters into their own hands. At Lady Macbeth's urging, Macbeth begins murdering his way to the throne. When the pair finally gets what they want, they cannot enjoy it. Instead, they are crazed with guilt and paranoia.
Paul Bunyan was a giant of a man who logged the great American north along with Babe, the giant blue ox who worked at his side through all his adventures. This story describes how their sheer size and actions would shape the countryside.
Find out why General Washington names Molly Hays, also known as Molly Pitcher, a sergeant in his all-men army with this fun, colorful story that retells her acts of kindness and amazing feats during the Revolutionary War.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is the tragic true story of the betrayal and assassination of Roman ruler Julius Caesar in 44 BC. After successfully conquering much of the ancient world, Caesar is invited to lead the Roman Empire. Cassius and other members of the Roman senate fear that Caesar will become a power-hungry dictator. They decide Caesar must be stopped. They enlist Caesar's trusted friend, Brutus, to help murder the leader as a patriotic act for the good of Rome.
Charlie dreams of becoming president and living in the White House. So, to quickly make that dream real, he decides to build his own White House tree house. With the help of his friends, Charlie discovers all there is to know about becoming president and living in the White House during this adventure.
