Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: A Companion Reader with a Dramatization (Companion Reader Series) - Softcover

Weiss, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933339985 ISBN 13: 9781933339986

Publisher: The Well-Trained Mind Press, 2016

Synopsis

A thrilling journey around the world...an illustrated classic tale for a new generation of readers.

Lost at sea, three friends find themselves on a fantastic underwater ship, the Nautilus. You will dive deep into adventure as our heroes battle giant squid, navigate dangerous oceans, and discover new creatures and fabulous treasures. But who is the mysterious Captain Nemo? Why is he being hunted by every navy on earth? And will he ever let the three castaways return home?

This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weiss’s award-winning storytelling performance of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills.

Listen to the Jim Weiss story, read along to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the short, accessible dramatic version of Jim’s performance. A complete script, stage direction, and acting tips are included.

28 Color Illustrations

About this title

About the Author

In 1989, Jim Weiss set out on a mission: to record the greatest stories he knew from world literature and history, and inspire families -- especially young listeners -- with a passionate love of the original classics. In the three decades since then, Jim's narration voice and seemingly numberless character voices have formed foundational entertainment and education for millions of listeners around the world.
Winning hundreds of awards, Jim’s recordings range on the literary side from fairy tales through stories from Shakespeare, Dickens and Conan Doyle, while his history recordings bring to vivid life major historical events and personalities from the ancient world through the twentieth century.
The inspiration for all this began early, with parents and grandparents who told stories and read aloud to him, skills which Jim joyously acquired, and which led him to a degree in Communications and Speech from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Later, his wife, Randy, earned her own national awards as a teacher and counselor, and their shared passion for learning led to forming their company in 1989, long before the explosion of spoken word recordings made this a "sensible" decision. The recordings began winning listeners and national awards from the first. A few years ago, the Weiss's licensed their recordings and business operations to Well-Trained Mind Press, which has successfully introduced Jim's work into still more markets, while Jim continues to write, record, teach and perform.

Chris Bauer is a writer and actor based in Chicago. He received his BA in Drama from the University of Virginia in 2014, and since then has been acting and writing in Virginia, New York, and Chicago, doing film and theater for both children and adults. He is currently studying acting and writing at the Second City.

Christiana Sandoval is an artist and illustrator based in Richmond, VA. You can view samplings of her illustrations on her website, http://christianaillustrations.net/.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Well-Trained Mind Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1933339985
• ISBN 13: 9781933339986
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 142
• Illustrator: Sandoval Christiana