Books and Plays by Kjartan Poskitt

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A selection of maths bits including The Invention of Nothing, The Hard Boys of Maths, Magic Squares, Short Cuts and the Riddle of Urgum The Axeman

.   Another maths selection including Dominoes, Mirror Numbers, How to be Famous for Ever and why the great Pythagoras had someone murdered.

It starts with how to count, and by the end you'll be able to throw away your calculator. Featuring the mad gangsters, Pongo McWhiffy and the rudest joke ever to appear in a maths book.

Averages, decimals and really vulgar fractions  
     Everything you need to know about measurement plus how to weigh an elephant 
    Everything you need to know about what's in the night sky, how it got there, how to get there, what you'll find if you DO get there and how to become younger than your children.

  Isaac Newton discovered gravity - but what a strange bloke! He shoved sticks in his eyeballs, almost got executed, nearly killed himself with lethal experiments, and hung lots of criminals. You get all the gory details and tons of groovy science stuff to make you dead clever.

 KILLER PUZZLE BOOKS
 no knowledge required - just deadly sharp brains! Ages 8-12. (Although many older people try and fail....)

• Find the Phantom of Ghastly Castle
  Solve the puzzles to create a map of the castle, and then beat the goblin code to see the Phantom. (It's definitely in there!) 

• Attack of the Killer Puzzles
  These puzzles are bad! Just get one wrong and you have to pay a forfeit - but get them all right and you discover how to sabotage the book to make it impossible for anyone else.

• Titus O'Skinty's Gruesome Game Show
  All the fun of a manic TV show trapped in a puzzle book. Avoid the buckets of maggots, the green eggs and old bath water to discover the mystery prize!

HENRY THE TUDOR DUDE                                
Suitable for any age group. A musical play for a large cast.
Henry VIII comes to the throne as a popular teenager. Less then 40 years later he dies having fought most of Europe, executed anyone he hates, married six times and changed the whole of religion as we know it. "Your body will rock and your head will roll..."   

FAWKES THE QUIET GUY             
Not really suitable for under 12's. A musical play for a large cast.
Welcome to Catesby's Cabaret club with your outrageous hostess Miss Catherine Wheel. But what are they all whispering about? Who gets walled up alive? What happens to 36 barrels of gunpowder and what's so strange about The Quiet Guy?       

THE RUMPELSTILTSKIN RACKET                            
An ideal family show   
A musical play for a cast of 12+
The hacks of The Daily Slur are onto a big story - can the fairground star Miranda really spin straw to gold or will she fall victim to the dreaded Madame Inquisitor? It's all a game to the ghastly manikin with no name. 

SAMMY'S MAGIC GARDEN             
A spooky pantomime for all the family  
A musical play for a cast of 10+
When Sammy and his inventor dad move into the new house, nobody believes the ghostly goings on. What is the evil housekeeper Miss Nettle doing out at midnight, why has the house never had children in it before and who gets turned into a scarecrow? 
Winner of 2 awards for "Best Production" and "Best Family Show"

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