From the time of the very first humans struggling to survive, people have constantly come up with simple new ideas and amazing inventions that changed their lives for the better. This book investigates road construction and human-made buildings around th
A prize of 3500 biscuits, the most terrifying creature on Earth, square tomatoes and underwater torches are just some of the amazing things that crop up in this anthology of three wonderfully weird plays, based on original poems by Michael Rosen.
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words 1. Each player is the storyteller in turn. The Storyteller choose a card from their hand and gives a clue (word, phrase, song...). 2. The other players choose a card in their hand that best fits the clue. The Storyteller's card is shuffled with the players' cards, then all the chosen cards are revealed. 3. Which is the Storyteller's card? Players sec…
Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 – 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' – and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage atta…