Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations Against Bigotry for Kids, Parents and Teachers is a unique collection of plays, songs and poems for K-6 audiences.

Created by Fringe Benefits, a Los Angeles-based educational theater company, Cootie Shots provides a fun and constructive way to promote tolerance and celebrate diversity by presenting role models of many different races, cultures, genders, sexual identities, abilities, religions and appearances.

Editors Norma Bowles and Mark E. Rosenthal, the founders of Fringe Benefits, spent two years collaborating with more than 500 elementary school teachers, parents, therapists, administrators, theater artists, visual artists and youth to create the richly illustrated paperback. Cootie Shots contains 50 pieces lasting two to 15 minutes, which may be used in the classroom.

The book can be ordered from Theatre Communications Group by calling (212) 697-5230 or visiting the online bookstore [www.tcg.org].