Reader's Theater, Jr.™ stories cover 10 important early childhood topics.

Lil loves to be on a farm because there are so many animals to count! In fact, there should be ten animals, but they keep disappearing! At first Lil can only count to three, or four, or seven, or nine, but never to ten. Finally, all of the animals come back and she happily reaches her goal of counting to ten with this adorably fun group of farm animals!

Shapes are everywhere! The children in this story learn about five shapes: the circle, the square, the rectangle, the triangle and the oval. They learn about objects that look like these shapes and rhymes to go with them. Finally, they are presented with various shapes and must figure out what is formed by them. The pieces come together in the shape of their teacher!

It’s summer, and that means camp! The camp counselor asks the children to share exercises they know, and each child contributes one, like the Body Wobble and the Scissor Jump. The counselor creates a rhyme to teach these kids how to get active with fun, simple exercises. This gets their bodies moving and ‘opens their eyes to exercise!’

The vowels, A, E, I, O, and U know they are important! They know vowels are *always* needed to make words, so they form a cool club, the *Wow Vowel* club. Each vowel gives examples of words it can make. But every time they do anything, there is a mystery character who intrudes! Some other letter of the alphabet says it is a vowel too! It seems impossible, until the mystery character is revealed: the letter Y! The other vowels gladly invite Y into their club, and add his rhyme to their poem to celebrate.

These musical students are asked to create new words to familiar tunes. At the bottom of each page, theater seats are slowly filling with an audience! At the end of the story, the students are ready to put on a marvelous concert for the now-full theater of people. An optional instrument kit is available for this story that includes child-sized maracas, a bell, a drum, a tambourine, and cymbals.

Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall, Lin likes them all! But which one does she like the most? She finds it’s very hard to decide as each season tries its best to convince her that it is the greatest. But in the end, she is still unsure. Which will it be? Kate finally realizes that she likes each season in its own time, and doesn’t have to pick a favorite after all!

It is career day at school, and the children’s parents have come to talk about their jobs. There is a fireman, a nurse, a police woman, a garbage man, and a postman. The teacher also talks about her job. The children discuss what they might like to be when they grow up, and the same question is posed to the readers. There is a whole world of opportunities!

Students in this story are challenged to try as many new fruits and vegetables as possible. The four children who try the most are given a day at the water park! They also get bragging rights as the bravest in the class. They learn that fruits and vegetables are vital for our health, and it’s important to try new things because you just might like them!

Will and Ann have just moved in, so their dad takes them to meet their new neighbors, Jill and Dan. Jill and Dan don’t seem willing to share their toys, until they learn that it’s no fun to play by themselves. They quickly decide it is much more fun to share and play together, and find out it’s also a good way to make new friends!

Ben lives in the Congo, and although he loves school and learning, he often is unable to attend school due to uncontrollable circumstances. Chad, an American boy, has everything he needs to attain an excellent education, but he’s uninterested in learning. This story shows the real differences that exist in opportunities around the world and just how important it is to have a passionate desire to learn.