I love to listen to radio plays. The old ones like the Lone Ranger and the more recent ones like Guy Noir on A Prairie Home Companion. The sound effects and inflections of people’s voices allow me to paint pictures in my mind of the stories and their characters. I was recently granted the opportunity to listen to The Fairytale Collection CD by The 6 Pence Players. It is a really fun CD filled with five fairytales that have had a modern twist added to them. The wicked stepsisters are offered a job at a traveling shoe store at the end of Cinderella. The Three Billy Goats met a very interesting troll with hearing problems. I shared a copy of the CD with my sister, a school librarian. She was impressed with the diversity and creativity readers had in their voices. She really enjoyed the CD too.
The stories are told by children and are for children age 3-8 or anyone that loves a good story. I have heard a number of music CD’s that contain children’s voices. I haven’t heard any that had children acting on them. This makes the CD’s even more fun for children.
Let me tell you a little about the creator of this innovative CD. Her name is Lynn Llewelyn Penny. She is an actress and mother of four girls. She is founder of 6 Pence Productions in Hendersonville, N.C. which produces audio entertainment for children and 6 Pence Players, a troupe of young actors, ages 5 to 17. Prior to starting 6 Pence, she worked at as a voice talent in national ad campaigns, on T.V. and in movies, and acted in regional theatre. Lynn holds a BFA in Theater from Southern Methodist and studied in a graduate program at Florida State University. She also attended the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre Training.
This CD was designed to be used with children during quiet times at home,classrooms, or preschools. This would be great to have during a long car trip. It would also be a great teaching tool for students who will be performing their own reader’s theater productions in class.
If you are interested in purchasing one, please go to 6 Pence Productions website. The CD retails for $14.95.
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This giveaway begins December 12th and ends December 19th at 11:59 p.m. It is open to United States residents only.
Disclaimer- I was provided with a copy of The Fairy Tale Collection to review it. Some of the information in this review came from a fact packet sent by 6 Pence Productions.
