Elementary Programs


Look below to see the different programs that are available for your elementary school! All the shows are entertaining and educational, and combine magic, music, puppetry, live animals, and lots of humor and audience participation to reinforce the importance of reading and using the media center! Chad also brings his own sound system, controls his own music, and brings all the necessary props needed - you just supply the place to perform! The shows can be for assemblies during the day or for PTO or other activities as well! As a matter of fact, if you have one of Chad's programs during the day, you can then choose a different program for that evening for a PTA/Family Night event and guarantee a HUGE turnout! You can check Chad's schedule by clicking on the calendar button on the left or top of the page to see available dates. See below for pricing and booking information!

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"The students really have responded to the books that you showed yesterday. They are going crazy over our magic books. I am out, out, out of magic books. It was a great way to promote nonfiction animal books also. You made the children feel that you really liked them and were having a good time performing for them. The kids loved the "magic" part of the program. The escape episode was a lot of fun, and snakes are always a hit with kids. Students and teachers alike have told us how much they enjoyed the program. It provided a wonderful reading incentive program for the beginning of the year. I think the kids wish you would come back tomorrow!" Ann Morris, Media Specialist, Caughman Road Elem.

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Elementary Show #1

"Splash Into Reading Extravaganza!"


(Performed in almost 100 libraries during the summer of 2010!)

Chad's "Splash Into Reading" program is designed around the 2010 VRP theme of "Make a Splash @ Your Library!" The show features music, magic, storytelling, and books that have a connection to water, the ocean, sharks, and other "splashy" surprises! Also in the program is Cornbread the Corn Snake and Chad's almost world famous grand finale - the Straitjacket Escape of Doom! As always, Chad's program will emphasize that good readers can learn to do all kinds of things, meet all kinds of people, and go on all kinds of adventures!

Elementary Show #2

"The Creative Reading Extravaganza!"


Chad's "Creative Reading Extravaganza!" is designed around the "Be Creative" theme for the 2009 Summer Reading Program. The program will encourage kids to learn all about the Fine Arts by reading books on music, drawing/painting, dance, acting, playing an instrument, and even a little magic! Chad uses humor, magic, storytelling, and lots of audience participation to illustrate the different points of the program, that good readers can learn to do all kinds of things, meet all kinds of people, and go on all kinds of adventures! And, as always, there will be a few of Chad's famous live critters that will make a magical appearance or two, and Chad will once again perform his now almost world-famous straitjacket escape which is now even more difficult than ever before!

Elementary Show #3

The "Catch the Reading Bug Safari Show"

Chad's "Catch the Reading Bug Safari Show" is designed to fit the theme for the 2008 Vacation Reading Program and has been booked in almost 90 libraries for the summer of 2008! The show will then be available to schools starting the 2008-2009 school year! This program features new routines as well as some new critters - including Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and Giant African Millipedes! Some favorites are back as well including Cornbread the Cornsnake, Rocky the Ball Python, as well as the tarantula and scorpion! And as always students will be introduced to several books on each animal as well as be encouraged to use their local library to learn more! This program is a great way to have your students catch the reading bug!


Elementary Show #4

"The Once Upon a Time Reading Show"

Chad's "Once Upon a Time Reading Show" has been seen in over 70 libraries during the 2006 Vacation Reading Program and in schools starting in the 2006-2007 school year! The show features "Sir Chadwick of the Boro" as the magical storyteller who takes students on a journey to a land far away, where wizards and knights battle to rule the land by using their imagination. The show includes appearances by Chad's ball python and some other surprises. Most importantly, the program showcases many children's books and stories, and encourages students to read and visit their local libraries. The students will also learn information about obtaining and using a library card at their local library. Finally, Chad guarantees that your students will remember the three things that all good readers have in common: Good readers learn all kinds of things, meet all kinds of people, and go on all kinds of adventures!

    Librarians -The summer of 2011 is now 99% booked up with Chad's new "Around the World with a Book" program! If you haven't secured your date, you'd better hurry!

    Attention Educators:

    Chad is excited to offer his three brand new shows for the 2010-2011 school year! The "Splash Into Reading Extravaganza" for elementary schools and the "Authors of Mystery and Horror Show" version 1 and 2 for middle/high schools along with the all new "Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Shakespeare Experiment!"