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SERVING SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE SINCE 2001

WE BELIEVE THAT ....
BEING A STAR MAKES READING FUN!

WE ALSO BELIEVE ....

EVERY KID IN AMERICA DESERVES

AN EQUAL CHANCE TO READ ALOUD

SUCCESSFULLY IN FRONT OF

THEIR PEERS.

Playbooks, Inc., is the leading supplier of social-interactive reading enrichment materials in the nation with its patented Roleplay Reader® format of color-coded dialogue text and easier and harder roles in the same story. Playbooks, Inc. has been serving schools since 2001 and provides the most comprehensive tools for effective Reader's Theater materials and implementation tools. 

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Thousands of schools and after-school and summer programs nationwide have purchased Playbooks® and used the role-play reading technique year after year, while positively affecting the reading skills of millions of students.

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All American! All products printed and processed in the U.S.A.

What is

Reader's Theater?

Reader's Theater is a method of reading a story aloud, like a play, without memorization, props, or a stage. Students are each assigned a character role and read their parts with expression, meaning, and enthusiasm which rapidly improves reading fluency.

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Plays inherently come with built-in strategies to help students read better as they work more closely with the text to interpret and project meaning. Taking on a character role in a non-threatening small group setting helps build student reading confidence.

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What is Playbook®?

Playbooks® Reader's Theater stories are unique because each character's dialogue is presented in a different color throughout the story and more importantly, the roles are written at different reading levels. This allows teachers to assign easier roles to younger or struggling students and harder roles to older or more advanced students while they all read the same story together in a small group.

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This specialized format is protected under U.S. Patent #7,456,834. Only Playbooks, Inc. can provide you this ultimate format. Don't settle for lesser copycats.