These short plays are suitable for teaching drama to children of 3 to 10 years old. The casts are few and may all be accommodated on a stage at the same time. The purpose of these plays is to stimulate the imagination of children to think beyond the ordinary. PLAYS : Usman and the Leopard ; The Forbidden Orange Tree; The Lion's Dinner; The Elephant Trap ; The Unkind Rich Woman

Esther is a poor orphan girl who has only plain rice to eat, while her wealthy neighbor Agnes cooks delicious vegetable stew every day. When Agnes refuses to share even a little stew, Esther comforts herself by eating her rice while enjoying the wonderful aroma drifting across the street.But Agnes becomes angry and accuses Esther of stealing the smell of her stew. She takes the matter to the king, demanding punishment. The wise king listens carefully and delivers a clever judgment:...

At sixty-seven, retired history teacher Alfred Ackron expects aging to bring slower mornings, family visits, and time to write the story of his mother's people. Instead, he finds himself surrounded by medical bills, insurance portals, retirement advisers, senior-living seminars, targeted advertisements, and polished strangers eager to sell him "peace of mind."Then Alfred discovers that Marcus, his oldest friend, has nearly disappeared beneath the shame of a devastating hospital deb...

People often spend more time planning their wedding than preparing for the marriage that follows.The Marriage Project is a practical, candid, and gently humorous guide to building a marriage sturdy enough to survive real life. A companion to The Husband Project and The Wife Project, it takes readers beyond finding the right partner and focuses on the longer, more demanding task of building a successful life together.Emmanuel Smith addresses the ev...

When Akin Alegongo's furniture business collapses, his wife Damilola transforms her struggling beauty salon into an amala restaurant. Her cooking quickly draws crowds, but Akin's extraordinary gift for publicity turns a promising family business into something nobody expected.Soon, Amala Boutique becomes Amala Temple, complete with membership cards, ceremonial robes, inverted cooking-pot hats and devoted followers known as Amalafarians. While Damilola struggles to protect the food,...

"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."- Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was a cultural icon and arguably the greatest and most influential electric guitarist in rock music history. Mostly self-taught on the instrument, the left-handed Hendrix played a right-handed guitar turned upside down and re-strung to suit him. Hendrix extended the tradition of rock guitar, exploiting them to a previously undreamed-of exte...

Long ago, elephants had short, flat noses - and young Tembo was curious about everything. But when he ignores a warning and pokes his nose into a snake's burrow, a frightening accident stretches it into something no elephant has ever seen: a long, flexible trunk.At first, Tembo feels awkward and embarrassed by his unusual appearance. With patience, encouragement, and practice, however, he discovers that his difference can help him gather food, carry water, protect his friends, and ...

A theatre scriptwriter loses his job, his marriage and his only child. He travels to a rural town in search of a quiet place to reorganize his confused life. Here he again meets with a legendary Bata dancer and the reunion rekindles his ambition to write a new play. But his success will depend on how much he is able to understand the mysterious language of the Bata drums and dance His bitter past has left him with the fear of another relationship and when the charming and compassionate dau...

A theatre scriptwriter loses his job, his marriage and his only child. He travels to a rural town in search of a quiet place to reorganize his confused life. Here he again meets with a legendary Bata dancer and the reunion rekindles his ambition to write a new play. But his success will depend on how much he is able to understand the mysterious language of the Bata drums and danceHis bitter past has left him with the fear of another relationship and when the charming and compassiona...

It is the desire of every rational person to achieve measurable success in their occupation. However, most persons pass through life unhappy with most aspects of their lives. We crave a good life but rarely carry our aspirations beyond the belief it could be achieved through hard work often in the wrong professions. We regularly work at tasks for which we are not suited and regrettably end up with a poor imitation of what we imagine success to be.The High-Powered Christian Entrepreneur is ...

After the death of his beloved father, young Kita overhears a troubling conversation and runs away from his village, believing he is no longer safe. Deep in the forest, his kindness leads him to the wise Nene Ekanem, who gives him a mysterious pale-blue stone with the power to grant worthy wishes.With the stone's help, Kita builds a new community, feeds families, restores water to a drought-stricken village and protects people during a terrible storm. But when pride tempts him to s...

Ezekiel "Zek" Roots dies calmly-just as he lived.He does not wake up in heaven or hell. He wakes up standing, in a quiet afterlife that offers no judgment, no explanations, and no easy answers.Accompanied by three unsettling guides-a silent dog, a stern moral presence, and a sardonic observer of systems-Zek moves through a netherworld that looks less like eternity and more like a series of uncomfortable clarifications. Here, belief systems compete for attention, obedience d...