Bloomsbury schools catalogue july december 2013

Bloomsbury Publishing Books for Schools Students & Teachers Includes Primary & Secondary, Fiction & Non-Fiction, History, Science, Poetry, Plays and Music

June–December 2013 Please turn over for Teacher Resources www.bloomsbury.com

*book details, dates and prices are subject to change without notice

Contents

Key Contacts

Science

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Space

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Biology

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Animals

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Australian Desert

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Poetry

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Music

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Singing Times Tables

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Abracadabra Recorder

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Get Set Piano

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History

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Historical Fiction

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Non Fiction: Memoirs

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Australian Memoirs

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Secondary Fiction Ages 13+

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Fiction for Boys Age 8–12

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Fiction for Girls Age 8–12

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Reluctant & Struggling Readers

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Fiction Ages 7–12

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Fiction for Boys Age 5–9

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Fiction for Girls Age 5–9

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Transport for Ages 5–7

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Drama

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Springboard Shakespeare

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New Mermaids

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Methuen Modern Plays

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Methuen Critical Scripts

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Arden Shakespeare

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Science Xxxxx Space

Biology

How Do You Burp in Space?

What Makes You You?

Susan E. Goodman

A mind-blowing introduction to the building blocks of life, DNA, what it is, how it works, and what we can do with it. With amazing illustrations and explanatory diagrams.

Space tourists suit up! A playful non-fiction travel guide to outer space, packed with information about the history and future of space travel.

Themes: Space and space travel August 2013 • 166 X 230mm • Hardback • 9781599900681 • AU$21.99 NZ$27.99 • pgs 80 Age Range: 5–7 years

Gill Arbuthnott

Themes: DNA September 2013 • 210 X 260mm • Paperback • 9781408194065 • AU$16.99 NZ$21.99 • pgs 64 Age Range: 9–11 years

Animals Car-Sized Crabs and other Animal Giants

First Animal Encyclopedia

Anna Claybourne

Anita Ganeri

From mighty mammals to terrifying tarantulas, discover the biggest beasts of the animal kingdom! Full of amazing facts and colourful illustrations.

An informative and colourful first guide and reference book. Learn, explore and be amazed by animals big and small.

Teachers Notes available Available now • 230 X 320mm • Hardback • 9781408181836 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 96

December 2013 • 214 X 275mm • Hardback • 9781408842522 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 64 Age Range: 5–7 years

Age Range: 7–9 years

Australian Desert Survival at 40ºC Above Debbie S. Miller Travel to one of the hottest places in the world with this beautifully illustrated, award-winning book. Discover all the amazing animals who call the Australian desert home and learn how they have adapted to survive in the most extreme temperatures.

Teachers Notes available

Themes: Eco-systems, Climate Change, How Animals Adapt Available now • 215 x 280mm • Paperback • 9781408190296 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 40

Age Range: 7–9 years

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Xxxxx continued / Poetry Animals Wild Things Lisa Regan What would happen if a wild animal came to stay at your house? How would you look after it? Where would it sleep and what would it eat? Wild Things gives readers a first introduction to exotic animals and habitats, and the importance of protecting them.

Age Range: 5–7 years

September 2013 • 220 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408179383 • AU$9.99 NZ$12.99

September 2013 • 220 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408179420 • AU$9.99 NZ$12.99

September 2013 • 220 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408179406 • AU$9.99 NZ$12.99

September 2013 • 220 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408179369 • AU$9.99 NZ$12.99

Poetry Ages 5–7

Poetry Ages 7–9

Off By Heart

Even My Ears Are Smiling

Roger Stevens A collections of poems full of rhythm and rhyme to learn by heart and recite out loud, with tips!

July 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408192948 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 112 Age Range: 5–7 years

Michael Rosen A fantastic new collection by poetry legend Michael Rosen with a CD of the poems read by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Babette Cole July 2013 • 187 X 254mm • Paperback • 9781408802984 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 128 Age Range: 7–9 years

Poetry Ages 7–9

Poetry Ages 9–12

Sun Time Snow Time

Planet Middle School

Grace Nichols

Nikki Grimes

Grace Nichols is a bestselling English-Carribean poet. Her first two collections of childrens’ poetry now available in a single, striking new edition.

A verse novel told in short poems that perfectly capture the crazy feelings of adolescence and first crushes, from an award winning author.

October 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408193006 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 96

September 2013 • 127 X 198mm • Paperback • 9781619630123 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 160

Age Range: 7–9 years

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Age Range: 9–12 years

Xxxxx Music Maths through Music!

Singing Times Tables Helen MacGregor and Stephen Chadwick Rhythmic rapping and vibrant vocals transform learning the times tables - whether it’s rote learning, applying calculations or testing them. For times tables with a special x factor, these contemporary, cool songs are the place for kids to start.

Age Range: 5–7 years

September 2013 • 297 x 210mm • Paperback • 9781408194751 • AU$39.99 NZ$49.99 • pgs 64

September 2013 • 297 x 210mm • Paperback • 9781408194362 • AU$35.00 NZ$39.99 • pgs 64

Learning Recorder Abracadabra Recorder Roger Bush Abracadabra Recorder Books are the ideal series for descant recorders. Each book includes graded solo and multi-part songs and tunes starting with five-note tunes and working up to more challenging classics. Clear fingering diagrams and explanations are given at each stage.

Age Range: 5–7 years

July 2013 • 250 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408194393 • AU$15.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32

July 2013 • 250 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408194379 • AU$15.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32

July 2013 • 250 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408194386 • AU$15.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32

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Music Xxxxx Get Set! Piano Pieces Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall A fantastic new piano course written specifically for the twenty-first-century child by authors who share over 50 years of piano teaching experience. Visit www. bloomsbury.com for FREE downloadable videos, certificates, a teacher guide and extra pieces.

Age Range: 9–11 years

Available now • 225 X 305mm • Paperback • 9781408192771 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 24

Kaye Umansky’s Robin Hood

Dancing to Music: Let’s Go Zudie-O

Kaye Umansky and Stephen Chadwick

Bobbie Gargrave & Helen MacGregor

Kaye Umansky’s witty tale of men in tights starring boy-band hero, Robin, is a delight for upper primary school performances. A complete performance pack with parts for everyone and a full quiver of show-stealing songs.

A creative exploration of dance and music from World, Contemporary and Historical music. Fully supported by audio recordings and movies showing children and teachers working together.

October 2013 • 305 x 248mm • Paperback • 9781408190395 • AU$59.99 NZ$75.00 • pgs 76

July 2013 • 305 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408194416 • AU$35.00 NZ$39.99 • pgs 56

Age Range: 9–11 years

Everyone’s Singing, Lord (Book + CD/ CD-ROM)

Action songs and dances designed to develop literacy, social and communication skills, and to build confidence. The songbook contains the music, words, piano accompaniments and play-along percussion ideas.

The CD contains a recording of all the accompaniments. No music reading is required.

38 carefully chosen songs to enrich collective worship in primary schools.

Includes printable song files and teaching notes with suggested actions, stories, themes and celebrations.

Age Range: 5–7 years

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Age Range: 5–9 years

Game-songs with Prof Dogg’s Troupe (Book + CD) new cover

July 2013 • 305 X 210mm • Paperback • 9781408194430 • AU$35.00 NZ$39.99 • pgs 64

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Available now • 225 X 305mm • Paperback • 9781408179468 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 48

Sue Fearon

Available now • 210 x 297mm • Paperback • 9781408196960 • AU$39.99 NZ$49.99 • pgs 80 Age Range: 5–7 years

History Xxxxx World War 1 Tales: Ages 7–9 Terry Deary Amazing true stories from the First World War from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories.

Age Range: 7–9 years

September 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408191682 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 64

September 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408191743 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 64

October 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408191651 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 64

October 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408191712 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 64

Historical Fiction Ages 8–12

Ages 7–10

Ages 12+

The Skull

Titanic: Death on the Water

Eleven Eleven

Tom & Tony Bradman

Winner of the Young Quills Award for Historical Fiction (Secondary School). The tale of 3 young soldiers from different sides, set in the final 24 hours of WWI.

Christian Darkin A multi-generational story about key moments in history that were shaped by scientific discoveries.

Full of easy to understand scientific facts and theories.

Teachers Notes available

Winner of the Young Quills Award for Historical Fiction (Primary category). The story of a young Irish boy working on the Titantic.

Themes: Science, History, Philosophy

Themes: The Titanic

September 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408192979 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 224

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408155813 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99

Age Range: 9–11 years

Age Range: 7–10 years

Paul Dowswell

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408826232 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99

Age Range: 12+ years

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Xxxxx Non Fiction/Biography Ages 8–12

Ages 13+

Sweet Feet

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different

Samantha Gordon with Ari Bruening Samantha “Sweet Feet” Gordon gained celebrity status when her football highlight reel reached almost five million views on YouTube in just three days. This story of a 10 year old girl who made international headlines by crushing the competition in a league of boys, will inspire all girls to never take “no” for an answer.

November 2013 • 139 X 209mm • Paperback • 9780802737151 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 176

Karen Blumenthal Inventor. Visionary. Genius.

Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, was all of these things. The inspirational story of the man who thought different.

Themes: Thinking for yourself Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408832066 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 300

Hush Eishes Chayil In a closed Chasidic community, a young girl must learn to speak out against terrible abuse. A heartbreaking, award winning, coming of age story.

Themes: Religion, abuse Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9780802723321 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 368 Age Range: 13+ years

Age Range: 12+ years Age Range: 8–12 years

Australian Authors Tracks Robyn Davidson The inspirational story of one woman’s life-changing, solo journey across 1,700 miles of Australian outback. A modern classic, soon to be a major motion picture starring Mia Wasikowska.

Teachers Notes coming soon Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408834862 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 272

Age Range: 13+ years

On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads Tim Cope One man’s extraordinary journey following in the footsteps of Genghis Khan’s conquering armies. An amazing tale of survival and discovery set in a fascinating and politically volatile region.

Teachers Notes coming soon

September 2013 • 153 X 234 mm • Paperback • 9781408842218 • AU$29.99 NZ$36.99 • pgs 528 Age Range: 13+ years

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Secondary Fiction — Ages 13+ Xxxxx Winter Damage Natasha Carthew One girl’s quest through a frozen wasteland. A story of survival, and about finding not what you’re looking for, but something more important instead.

Teachers Notes available

Themes: Survival, friendship, finding yourself September 2013 • 216 x 135mm • Hardback • 9781408835838 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • Ext 320 Age Range: 12+ years

The Disgrace of Kitty Grey

Something Like Normal

Mary Hooper

Trish Doller

A country dairymaid stranded in London is forced to steal to survive and finds herself in the infamous Newgate women’s prison facing transportation to Australia.

A moving and romantic novel about a young Marine with PTSD returning home from Afghanistan.

Teachers Notes available

Themes: Jane Austen, Convict transportation Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408827611 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • Ext 288

Themes: War, Afghanistan, PTSD October 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781619631465 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • Ext 224 Age Range: 13+ years

Age Range: 12+ years

Love in Revolution

Unnatural Creatures

Love Disguised

B. R. Collins

Neil Gaiman

Lisa Klein

A gripping, powerful wartime story of romance, bravery and betrayal set during a reimagined Spanish Revolution, from an award-winning author.

An amazing collection of stories about incredible creatures from myth, legend and dark imagination. Selected and introduced by Neil Gaiman.

Young William Shakespeare meets the girl of his dreams… or does he? A tale of love triangles, mistaken identities, and the pursuit of hapless villains.

Themes: Communism; Lesbian romance, Prejudice & Persecution

Themes: Myths & Legends

Themes: William Shakespeare

July 2013 • 216 x 135mm • Paperback • 9781408845448 • AU$24.99 NZ$29.99 • pgs 480

September 2013 • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • Hardback • 9781599909684 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 320

September 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408815700 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 272

Age Range: 12+ years

Age Range: 12+ years

Age Range: 13+ years

Award winners In Darkness

The Wall

Nick Lake

William Sutcliffe

Winner of the 2013 Printz Award, the astounding story of a young boy trapped in the rubble of the Haiti earthquake.

Inspired by the West Bank, the story of a divided city and one boy who strays on to the wrong side of the wall.

Shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Prize.

Teachers Notes available

Themes: Haiti, poverty, urban crime, history, slavery Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408819951 • AU$16.99 NZ$21.99 • pgs 352 Age Range: 12+ years

Teachers Notes available

Themes: Arab-Israeli conflict; Prejudice & Persecution Available now • 216 x 135mm • Trade Paperback • 9781408838426 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 304 Age Range: 12+ years

The Weight of Water Sarah Crossan Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. A coming of age story about the quiet courage of a young immigrant girl.

Teachers Notes available

Themes: Refugees, Immigration, Bullying, Prejudice & Persecution Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408830239 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 256 Age Range: 12+ years

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Xxxxx Books for Boys or Girls Age 8–12 Books for Boys Age 8–12

Books for Girls Age 8–12

Monster Odyssey: The Eye of Neptune

Princess Academy

Jon Mayhew Assassins, espionage, giant squid, an evil meglomaniac and sharks! A mind-blowing adventure inspired by Jules Verne and James Bond.

Shannon Hale They thought they were training princesses...They never dreamed they were creating leaders.

A stunning Newbery-Honour-winning and New York Times bestselling series about the power of girls and the power of education.

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408826300 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 256 Age Range: 8–12 years

July 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408836804 • AU$9.99 NZ$12.99 • pgs 320

July 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408834909 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 336

For Boys: Reluctant & Struggling Readers Dark Hunter Benjamin Hulme-Cross Meet the Dark Hunter, Mr Blood and his young assistants Edgar and Mary as they take on a series of terrifying mysteries. A gripping, bone-chilling 6 part horror series for struggling readers aged 8-12, with a reading age of 7+.

Ages 9-12, Reading Age 7+

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August 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408180518 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 64

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August 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408180853 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 64

General Children’s FictionXxxxx 7–12 Ages 7–12 Fortunately, the Milk …

Neil Gaiman From multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes a spectacularly silly, mind-bendingly clever, brilliantly bonkers adventure – with lip-smackingly gorgeous illustrations by Chris Riddell. Featuring: Professor Steg (a timetravelling dinosaur), some green globby things, the Queen of the Pirates, the famed jewel that is the Eye of Splod, some wumpires, and one very important carton of milk.

October 2013 • 135 X 216mm • Hardback • 9781408841761 • AU$17.99 NZ$22.99 • pgs 160 Age Range: 7–11 years

Ages 8–12 The Quirks: Welcome to Normal

The True Meaning of Smekday

The Dead Men Stood Together

Erin Soderberg

Adam Rex

In the tradition of The Incredibles and The Addams Family comes a charming new series about a delightful family that is anything but normal.

The laugh out loud adventure of girl called Gratuity, a cat called Pig, an extraterrestrial called J.Lo – and an alien invasion of Earth. For fans of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

As scary and gory as Darren Shan, as gripping as R.L. Stevenson, a haunting adaptation of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Film in production with DreamWorks August 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408841716 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 240 Age Range: 8–11 years

November 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408841716 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 400

Chris Priestley

October 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Hardback • 9781408841730 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 224 Age Range: 9–12 years

Age Range: 8–12 years

Ages 7–9 The Great Ice-Cream Heist

The Finding of Freddie Perkins

The House of the Cats

Elen Caldecott

Liz Baddaley

A funny family adventure about a boy from the wrong side of the tracks and the friends who stick up for him when he is wrongly accused.

Freddie has lost everything: his home, his mum, himself.

But something is watching out for him…and Freddie is about to discover how much there is to find …

A magical collection of unusual and little known folk tales from around Europe, stunningly illustrated in paper-cut style.

Themes: Family, friendship, prejudice July 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408820506 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 192 Age Range: 7–11 years

Themes: Grief July 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408186084 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 160

Maggie Pearson

October 2013 • 216 x 135mm • Hardback • 9781408180075 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 144 Age Range: 7–9 years

Age Range: 7–9 years

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Xxxxx Best Books for Boys and Girls Age 5–9 For Girls 7-9: The DragonChild series Gill Vickery A young girl raised by dragons must retrieve their stolen Jewels of Power in order to prove herself a true DragonChild. Perfect for Emily Rodda fans.

Age Range: 7–9 years

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408174128 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99

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December 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408188286 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 80

For Girls Aged 7–9

For Boys Aged 7–9

Girls, Goddesses and Giants

Athlete vs. Mathlete

Lari Don

A new series about twin boys who are total opposites! Can they learn to put aside their differences?

W. C. Mack

Amazing tales of heroines in myth and legend from around the world.

September 2013 • 216 x 135mm • Hardback • 9781472903068 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 128

July 2013 • 139 X 209mm • Paperback • 9781599908588 • Age Range: 7–9 years

Age Range: 7–9 years

For Boys 5-7: First Books of Transport Isabel Thomas From hot air balloons to racing cars, fire engines to rollercoasters, and everything in between. Beautifully illustrated and packed with information for newly confidents readers.

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408192931 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48

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Drama Springboard Shakespeare Ben Crystal ‘Springboard Shakespeare is the perfect tool for actors, students, theatre-goers and anyone interested in understanding Shakespeare. Ben Crystal has created guides that are a valuable and accessible way to enjoy Shakespeare’s genuis’ KENNETH BRANAGH

August 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408192931 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 184

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August 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408164624 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 120

New Mermaids More than 50 modernised and fully annotated classic plays, easy for students to use with comprehensive notes. For more plays in the New Mermaids series, visit www.bloomsbury.com

October 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408137208 • AU$17.99 NZ$22.99

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Xxxxx Drama Methuen Modern Plays The Modern Plays series is famous for containing the work of many modern playwrights. It features over 500 titles! Visit www.bloombury.com for more.

The Arrival Shaun Tan, Kristine Landon-Smith & Sita Brahmachari The Arrival is a story of epic migration unfolding through an extraordinary weaving together of theatre, circus and music.

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472535009 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 48

A Life of Galileo

Refugee Boy Benjamin Zephaniah & Lemn Sissay

Bertolt Brecht & Mark Ravenhill A new translation of Brecht’s classic play by one of the leading dramatists of our time, Mark Ravenhill.

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472507419 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 96

Based on the novel by Benjamin Zephaniah, Refugee Boy is an urgent story of a courageous African boy sent to England to escape the violent civil war, a story about arriving, belonging and finding ‘home’.

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472506450 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 80

Methuen Critical Scripts A series of education editions specially prepared by Secondary English experts, using drama to help boost students’s literary and language skills. For many more titles in the series, visit www.bloomsbury.com.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stevens A schools’ edition of Mark Haddon’s multiaward-winning novel adapted for the theatre.

Winner of 7 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play.

Themes: Being different Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408185216 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 160

Divided City Theresa Breslin, adapted by Martin Travers A stage adaption of Theresa Breslin’s awardwinning novel about 2 young boys drawn into a secret pact to help a young asylum seeker in a city divided by prejudice.

Themes: Prejudice, asylum seekers Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408181577 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 144 Age Range: 11+ years

Age Range: 11+ years

Ostrich Boys

A Christmas Carol

Keith Gray, adapted by Carl Miller

Charles Dickens, adapted by John Mortimer

From the Carnegie Medal shortlisted novel about 3 boys on a journey with their friend’s ashes.

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408130827 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 Age Range: 11+ years

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A stage version of the classic Dicken’s play for a new generation.

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408134863 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 Age Range: 11+ years

Drama Xxxxx Arden Shakespeare The Arden Shakespeare series has long set the standard in scholarly editions of Shakespeare’s plays. Each play includes a full introduction by a leading scholar and detailed notes for studetns. For more titles in the series, visit www.bloomsbury.com

Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781904271222 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99

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