Suggesting that Readers Theatre is a simple, effective, and risk-free way to get K-8 children reading, this book provides strategies, organizers, and scripts that can be used as is or as models for readers' own scripts. The book provides ideas for planning and organizing Readers Theatre; oral interpretation; connecting Readers Theatre to storytelling; writing scripts--both original and adapted; staging and blocking; cross-curricular connections; integrating, and involving children in assessment and evaluation; and inviting, including, and informing others (parents, colleagues, school administrators, and community members). After an introduction, chapters in the book are: (1) Articulating Our Beliefs; (2) Getting Started with Readers Theatre; (3) Oral Interpretation; (4) Storytelling; (5) Writing Scripts; (6) Staging; (7) Connecting Curriculum with Readers Theatre; (8) Evaluation; (9) Inviting, Including, Informing Others; and (10) Questions and Answers. Contains 27 references. Appendixes present reproducible masters and scripts. (RS)