The Sleeping Beauty

The story Sleeping Beauty was narrated by Aatman Vakil- 5 years at the annual reading program of Reading Rainbow in April 2007.

The Fisherman and his Wife

A popular folk tale told by Apurva Mishhra, Age 9 years and Aditya Patel (The Fish Prince) Age 9 years..

Tida Joshi- a puppet theatre in Hindi

An excerpt from the puppet theatre that was performed by the Reading Rainbow members during the annual reading program on April 22, 2007. Age group of the performers is 8 - 9 years. The length of this story has been reduced for easy viewing. The puppets used here were made by the the young memebers of the centre under the guidance of Mr Abhijit Kothari.
The performers are: Keya Patel- narrator
Apurva Mishhra- Tida Joshi
Jeetmanyu Chandan- Patel
Anushka Sharma - Nindrani
Pankti Ashar - King

Mother Goose

Reading Rainbow animated Mother Goose rhymes. At time of this event the age of most of these children was 5yrs. The girl enacting the role of Mother Goose was 8 years old. Now they all are between 9 - 13 years.

DALA TALWARI

Puppet theatre performed by RR child Shamini Kothari and her father Abhijit Kothari as part of the reading program conducted by Reading Rainbow, India at Crossword Bookstore, Ahmedabad on June 18, 2004.

FAIR DIVISION

A Mathematical Folktale from India.
Storyteller - Vedant Sharma.
Age at the time- 8yrs.

Mathamatical folktale from India

MOON POEMS

These poems were written by Reading Rainbow children themselves.
Age group of children 7 - 8 years

THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT

RR kids enacted this poem based on a fable from India

SMARTEST GIANT

The Smartest Giant in Town is a popular book. Its script was modified to make it suitable to be performed by 7- 8 yr old RR kids, as a puppet show. It was performed as part of a reading program that Reading Rainbow conducted at the British Library, Ahmedabad on April 25, 2004.
Performers-
Soumya Rao- Narrator
Keval Hutheesing,as live Giant puppet
Priyanka Shah, Amrit Ayyar, Naman - puppeteers

Muriel Bloch at Reading Rainbow

Popular French storyteller Muriel Bloch visited Reading Rainbow on September,2007 and told stories to children. All loved her style and appreciated her stories. Here is an excerpt from her story telling session.

Skit - All Free

A short skit by RR kids performed on April 25,2004 at the British Library, Ahmedabad.
Actors- Aarit Ahuja, Rahul Hardikar,Vidisha Sanghvi, Naomi Dalal, Amrit Ayyar, Keval Hutheesing, Malay Solanki, Yash Asnani