Cu?c Ðua : Truyện Tranh: Vở nhạc kịch với sự phối hợp tai tinh va thu vị của cac ngụ ngon Aesop

Cuoc Đua: Truyen Tranh is a bi-lingual graphic novel (Tieng Viet - English) based on Opera Modesto's international award winning youth opera movie, Cuoc Đua (The Race - An Aesop's Fables Mashup), with charming illustrations from the shooting of the film. Starring 19 youth artists, 11-19 years old, and winner of 80 international film festival awards, The Race is a delightful mashup of five famous Aesop's Fables, set to music by composer Deborah Kavasch, with lyrics by Linda Bunney-Sarhad. The awards include Best Children & Family Film, Best Musical Film and many more. The five Aesop's Fables included in the film and the graphic novel:

• Rua va tho - The Tortoise and the Hare
• Con Gau va bay Ong - The Bear and the Bees
• Đan tho va bay ech - The Hares and the Frogs
• Con Cao va Chum nho - The Fox and the Grapes
• Cao Ä‘oi lot Cuu - The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Read Cuoc Đua: Truyen Tranh (in one or both languages), act out the stories in your own way with your own sets and costumes. Invent creative Reader's Theater variations, and then rent Cuoc Đua - The Race movie from Opera Modesto's website with Tieng Viet - English subtitles. The music is delightful, the youth artists are engaging and when you return to the graphic novel, you will hum the tunes and recognize the characters in the illustrations as old friends.

A great way to practice reading/hearing English or Vietnamese as a second language, learn five famous Aesop's Fables, develop an interest in the performing arts (and opera!) - and have a lot of fun! Not just for kids, adults love it, too!