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It's a big day for Migs—he is starting school! He is looking forward to it, but he is also feeling a bit apprehensive, until he finds the perfect thing to help him overcome his shyness . . .
When Billy rescues Nigel the snail from his parents' pongy magic spells, they become great friends. Billy's parents don't understand the friendship, and try to tempt Billy by conjuring up other weird and wonderful pets. The problem is that they've never been very good at magic . . .
Four friends decide to enter a talent show. A tiny red bird asks to join them, but they laugh and tell him he’s too small. But then a mysterious, tall stranger arrives to audition for lead singer and turns out to be someone quite unexpected . . .
When Billy rescues Nigel the snail from his parents' pongy magic spells, they become great friends. Billy's parents don't understand the friendship, and try to tempt Billy by conjuring up other weird and wonderful pets. The problem is that they've never been very good at magic . . .
A tiny red bird wants very much to win the upcoming talent show, but first he must prove that being small does not mean having little talent.
An account of the leading forum of the modern stage; includes Foreword by former Director of the Royal Court, Max Stafford-Clark.
Otto is a Book Bear and nothing makes him happier than when people read his book. But he also has a very special secret - when no one is looking he can come to life and explore the house. But one day something terrible happens: Otto's book is left behind when the family moves away, and now there is no one to read Otto! Otto must set off on his biggest adventure yet - to find a new home. But where is the best place for a Book Bear to live?
"First published in Great Britain by Andersen Press Ltd."
Now in paperback, the hugely acclaimed, authorised biography of Britain's most popular playwright Alan Ayckbourn is Britain's most popular playwright and its most private. He has won numerous awards for his plays and has worked with some of theatre's most celebrated names, yet he spends most of his time away from the limelight in a Yorkshire seaside town not writing at all but running a small repertory theatre. This is a portrait of a man who - from Relatively Speaking in 1965 to his double play House and Garden at the National Theatre in 2000 - has chronicled human behaviour, our aspirations and insecurities, while shaping the theatrical experience of millions. "Mr Allen's book makes me wan...