Mark Daniel's School and Library Magical Storytelling Shows and Programs

Mark Daniel's School and Library Magical Storytelling Shows

Sharing the Joy of Reading for 25 Years!
Join Mark Daniel, Magical Storyteller for the:

The Reading Adventure and Celebration that comes to you!

Invite Mark Daniel magical storyteller for a wonderfully fun adventure of great books with your kids!

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A voracious reader of Dinosaur sized proportions. (Exactly what you want your students to be!)

Sharing ice cream with a buddy from Officer Buckle and Gloria.

Adventure beckons with Mark Daniel magical storyteller's newest READasaurus program READasaurus on the Loose! World Tour Join Mark, Steggie the Stegosaurus and Hemi the Rabbit as they prepare to embark on an odyssey, delving into great books! Celebrate this brand new adventure for the 2011 - 2012 school year.

Your students along with Mark form the READasaurus on the Loose! Team. Their mission, to seek out and explore wonderful books!

Inside READasaurus Base Station, a curious cabin beckons to a wonderfully magical place to explore and read favorite books. Books that capture the imagination of young minds! Secrets are revealed throughout READasaurus on the Loose! with the featured books in funny, moving and surprise moments..

From the funny and heartwarming buddy story of Officer Buckle and Gloria, to the magical fun of everyone's favorite Italian grandmother Strega Nona, and the stunningly beautiful Japanese story of The Magic Fan plus more wonderful books, combine to make the World Tour book stops unforgettable! During the program each of your kids is empowered to become their own Readasaurus on the Loose! (By reading, of course and putting together their very own World Tour to the library!)

celebrates reading, readers and great books in a fantastic new program by master READasaurus wrangler Mark Daniel. Mark's one of a kind, unique style has evolved over 25 years of READasaurus presentations for over 3 million children. A celebration of the joy of reading through storytelling, booktalking, puppetry, magic tricks and fun, all layered and interwoven in a style that folks call delightful and many consider brilliant! Educators are often stunned as Mark takes groups of energetic, wiggly kids and through his gentle manner and folksy style, yet fast pace, has them within a few minutes listening and watching with rapt attention. Each year Mark enjoys working with Reading Specialists, Title 1 Teachers, Media Specialists, PTA/PTO's, Principals and educators to help fulfill and celebrate the goal of your students reading.

Join Mark, Steggie the Stegosaurus, and Hemi the Rabbit, as the adventure unfolds in a magical tradition that are the hallmark of Mark's Programs That Bring Books Magically to Life! Mark and gang will lead your children on a romp through good books sharing the magic of reading that has become his passion and life's work.

Looking for the perfect assembly program to help your school focus on Reading and Literacy goals? You've found it, "Readasaurus on the Loose! World Tour" is a great way to reinforce the fun and adventure of curling up with a good book; to motivate your kids to meet and exceed their reading goals; and celebrate your students' success! This newest addition to the READasaurus series in a program bound to delight Bookworms and READasauruses throughout your school!

If you've had your fill of bringing in authors and other speakers that while important educationally, just can't connect with your kids, please consider a presenter that's on time, on message, easy to work with, delivers, and has your students and faculty asking "when can we have Mark back."

Twenty-five previously sold out school years stand as testament to making sure your precious assembly dollars are properly spent. And most importantly that you can hold your head high afterwards as you accept the kudos for a job well done for your work on the assembly or special event!


Amazingly, is the sixteenth original READasaurus! program created by Mark, specifically for elementary schools.
Magical Pasta, A Magical Grandmother, and Surprises Galore with Tomie DaPaola's wonderful Strega Nona.	READasaurus on the Loose! is approximately 45 minutes and is suitable for PK-5th grade. (Through years of experience Mark can skillfully present for a mixed grade range or even better yet, tailor to specific grade ranges for instance K-2 and 3-5 with excellent results.) The program incorporates terrific books, storytelling, puppetry, book talking, magic tricks, and audience participation, all blended artfully with the notion that we learn and are impacted on many different levels, many different ways. You will enjoy great books, tremendous fun, and more celebration of the joys of reading in a self-contained program with terrific music, an awesome sound system, and a fantastic stage set! Folks often mention how he beautifully incorporates music to punctuate and stimulate throughout the performance.
Mark is renowned for his unique, gentle, respectful approach with children and considered by many as one of the best in the business. Sought after for his unique personality and pioneering brand of storytelling, he brings to your students a masters skills in group dynamics and fun. From bursts of laughter to the quite hush of high interest, Mark leads the charge for your students in celebrating reading. New for 2011-2012: Mark's incredible show sets continue with "Readasaurus on the Loose! World Tour" Collaborating again with terrific illustrator Angel Contreras the READasaurus stage set is being designed around a Magical Base station cabin. Part library, part weird artifacts collection! Located deep inside READasaurus territory, and looking so cool, that it makes you want to climb into the artwork and explore, or maybe pull a book down from the one of the curious bookshelves and become a READasaurus yourself. (Mark and Angel working together also designed the new "Readasaurus on the Loose!" logo with Steggie traveling the world discovering great books that we love to READ!)

Steggie the Stegosaurus and Mark buddy up for the heartwarming and funny Officer Buckle and Gloria, by Peggy Rathbone!

Pasta, Magic, Family and humor are the hallmarks of Tomie Depaola's beloved tales of a magical Italian grandmother named Strega Nona. Crowd pleasing surprises abound from Pop-ups to pasta to rabbits in the most magical Strega Nona way!

Bringing the program to a sensational finish, the touching story of a boy named Yoshi and his incredible adventures in his Japanese fishing village are beautifully told in The Magic Fan by Keith Baker, then retold by Mark with the rarely seen and amazing Nankin Tamasudarae, a bamboo mat manipulated and twisted into shapes for storytelling. (Imagine origami meets Transformers)

Plus many more surprises and great books for your adventurers to discover, read, explore and love!

Please click on your state for pricing. Please Note: There are never any additional travel fees or miscellaneous expenses added to Mark's fee. If your state is not listed, other areas are available by special arrangement. Just contact us using the link in the menu. Clicking on a state will open a new browser window so make sure you enable pop-ups for this site.

We are happy to customize Mark's appearance based on your needs. Drawing from the experience of thousands of performances, may we suggest that while we can accommodate any size group as your space allows, we have found that the perfect audience size for this program is up to 300 children per performance. If you have a larger student body, we suggest dividing them into smaller groups, as once Mark is on site, you receive a significant discount on additional programs. This ensures the best and most intimate theater experience for your children.

By the way, many schools have Mark stay for a full day including daytime assemblies and the evening A Very Magical Family Reading Night program.

Plan ahead! Call Toll Free! 1-800-848-5634 to schedule an assembly program that will thrill and motivate your students, as well as please your faculty. You will enjoy a program that is literature-based and solidly educational, from a performer you can depend on. Mark and the gang are headed your way, and you will love what school after school has called their "best assembly program of the year." Mark looks forward to visiting with YOU.

A review from a classroom teacher who saw last year's Expedition: READasaurus:
At first, I was worried that with everything I needed to teach that this would not be the most beneficial of my time, but I was so wrong. Mr. Daniel not only held the attention of the students, but he engaged them over and over again. He made my students get excited about reading. I really loved it and so did my students!! Thank you for providing such great programs for our school and our students.

How can our school best use Mark's programs?

We'll answer that with the ways other schools have filled their needs with his performances. One may just be perfect for you-

Reading Program Kick Off & Finale
Accelerated Reader Kick Off & Finale
Title 1
Family Reading Night
Literacy Festivals
Book Fair
Book It
Read Across America
Young Author's
National Library Week
Cultural Arts Activity
PTA/PTO Family Event
Break from Testing (Yes)
Read-a-Thon
RIF Celebrations
Terrific Kids
Right to Read (Ohio)
And Because it is a Great Educational and Motivational Program Anytime!

We can even come up with something special just for you!

What are some creative ideas for funding Mark's Programs?

Grants, Reading Foundations, etc. (ie,Target, Wal-Mart, etc..)
General and Special Use School Funds
Fundraisers (Book Fairs, etc.)
Education Partners (Business Sponsors)
Arts Council Grants - In NC, Mark's programs are Arts Council friendly and fundable through Grass Roots. He is on the approved Artists in Schools roster for the Asheville Area Arts Council and the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Arts Council. In South Carolina he is permanently named to the SC Arts Commission Roster of Approved Artists. All of these organizations make grant funding available to their schools.
Cultural Arts Fund
Title 1 (Please notify us if you plan to use Title 1 funds so that we can help with the usage guidelines.)
Student Admission ($1.00 or $2.00) This could even be a fundraiser with a large student body.

To Bring Mark Daniel, Magical Storyteller to Your School Call Today Toll Free 1-800-848-5634

E-Mail Mark at MarkDaniel@MagicalStoryteller.com

Mark Daniel, magical storyteller's Programs That Bring Books Magically to Life is an ongoing series of high quality programs aimed at educating and entertaining your students.