It's 1850, and a marvellous international exhibition is being planned in Paris. The publicity agents claim that this exhibition will be so fascinating that a whale has swum all the way up the Seine to see it. Not likely? Well, Sylvie, from a small country village, decides to go and see for herself. Along the way, she tumbles through a series of crazy adventures, because everyone, but everyone , has some sort of interest in this exhibition. Especially a notorious gang of crooks that wants to steal one of the prize exhibits, the fabulous crown jewels of an Indian Raja. A lot of people end up looking for Sylvie : the gang, the cops, two fanatically comical detectives, and an assortment of larger-than-life characters. Also looking for Sylvie is her admirer, Emile, who flatly doesn't believe there is a whale, but has a very good reason to hope that there is one. Can the twinkle-eyed Captain Duval supply the necessary whale, all in the name of love? This material is free of any royalty obligation for use by schools and amateur dramatic groups. It may be produced on stage, used for play-reading, or simply read for fun.

It's 1850, and a marvellous international exhibition is being planned in Paris. The publicity agents claim that this exhibition will be so fascinating that a whale has swum all the way up the Seine to see it. Not likely? Well, Sylvie, from a small country village, decides to go and see for herself. Along the way, she tumbles through a series of crazy adventures, because everyone, but everyone , has some sort of interest in this exhibition. Especially a notorious gang of crooks that wants to steal one of the prize exhibits, the fabulous crown jewels of an Indian Raja. A lot of people end up looking for Sylvie : the gang, the cops, two fanatically comical detectives, and an assortment of larger-than-life characters. Also looking for Sylvie is her admirer, Emile, who flatly doesn't believe there is a whale, but has a very good reason to hope that there is one. Can the twinkle-eyed Captain Duval supply the necessary whale, all in the name of love? This material is free of any royalty obligation for use by schools and amateur dramatic groups. It may be produced on stage, used for play-reading, or simply read for fun.

This collection of rhyming stories will suit anyone over ten years old with a fondness for reading and a sophisticated vocabulary. These stories are full of subtle humour. They deal with believable human characters in slightly outlandish settings, having adventures that stretch the imagination...ever so slightly!Here you will find no dark magical empires, and no introspections about the problems of today. This is just good clean fun. Scary? No! Cheeky: yes! The focus here is on leaving the reader amused and amazed, and feeling good about the fun there is to be found in life. This particular collection of stories was meant for ages 10 to 15. But many adults have enjoyed them so much they came back to the author to buy more copies of the book for their friends.

A frank and plain-spoken account of how to make use of intrinsic motivation to power the learning process - at all levels of education, for students of any age. Using examples from many different educational settings, the author describes in detail these twelve powerful strategies that will help any teacher or trainer make significant improvements to their students' motivation for learning: . Starting with the learners' questions . Making use of constructive competitiveness . Giving students the right level of challenge . Getting students to interpret original data . Making the learning experience hands on . Allowing students the maximum freedom to play with ideas . Shattering students' complacency . Giving constructive feedback . Giving learners the opportunity to excel . Providing students with the means to judge their own progress . Co-operative learning techniques, and . Exposing students to motivated people.