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 The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
When her parents die of cholera in Colonial India, spoiled Mary Lennox must go live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire, England. Uncle Archibald Craven is a brooding, mysterious man who mostly leaves Mary to her own devices. Lonely and friendless, Mary chafes in her new situation until she discovers the key to an unkempt garden and, with the aid of a local boy named Dickon, learns how to make it grow. The newly-found key unlocks not only the garden, but Mary’s capacity to love and nurture. Book-It is pleased to celebrate spring with this classic story of family, friendship, and renewal.
GRADES: K – 8
TOURS: February – August 2011
THEMES: Friendship, family, rebirth, gardening, the environment
EVENTS: Earth Day, Spring
Illustration by Troy Howell from The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1922. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.
Booking Details:
Each performance runs between 25 and 45 minutes and can be performed in venues as small as a classroom or as large as an auditorium. In conjunction with each performance, Book-It offers workshops for children and young adults to reinforce what they have seen. Students can use voice, body, and imagination to create characters and explore environments, or develop a play in the Book-It Style™ from their own story. These workshops allow young people to make the leap between seeing art and creating it.
Workshop Choices: Themes in Motion (Grades K-2, 45 min) Based on the story presented, the teaching artists use creative dramatics to take the students through different themes. Storytelling Standing Up (Grades 3-12, one hour) 30 students write a seven-sentence story, adapt it into the Book-It Style™, are cast and directed by the teaching artists, then perform their literary creation.
Cost: Touring Story $575, includes performance, book, study guide, and workshop
Additional Workshops: $125 each, additional travel fees apply.
To book The Secret Garden for your school or community center call 206.770.0880 or email education@book-it.org. Click for more information about Book-It All Over or the Touring Stories program.
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