Place: the streets of the kingdom of Jamboreen. The townspeople line the streets and wait for the arrival of the king and queen.

Herald: Attention! I said attention! Make way for the glorious, the marvellous, the brilliant, the cool, and the mighty King and Queen of the superb kingdom of Jam-bo-reen.

The King and Queen enter arm in arm, dressed in royal finery, showing off as the chorus of townspeople welcome them.

Song: 'Here come the mighty cool King and Queen' - chorus (townspeople)

All: Here come the mighty cool King and Queen

They are the creamiest of the cream

They treat us fairly

We love them dearly

And there's never a broken heart in Jamboreen.

Jeremy and the Thinking machine
Neipris, Janet and Greenberg, Barbara
64 pages
ISBN:184299214171X
£4.99

The Chorus on stage.

The Yackety-Yaks - Babble, Chitchat, Blether, Mouthy and Chinwag enter. They are all talking at once rabbitrabbitrabbitrabbitrabbit, rabbitrabbitrabbitrabbitrabbit - loudly at first, then quieter until the rabbiting dies away to a whisper.

Durin this, Little Fred has followed them onstage. He lives in the land of the Yackety-Yak but he is not part of the group. He doesn't speak. he sits down, by himself.

Chorus (to the audience): In the land of the Yackety-Yak, they talk and they talk and they talk.

Babble: I'm Babble.

Chitchat: I'm Chitchat.

Blether: I'm Blether.

Mouthy: I'm Mouthy.

Chinwag: I'm Chinwag.

The Gift of the Gab
Reid, Christina
40 pages
ISBN:184299168X
£4.99

Communicating with the Yackety Yaks is a tough business until the Great Gab intervenes with the trusty team of lingoes.

- Innovative, user-friendly format and layout
- Accessible scripts - appealing even to the most reluctant reader

No set, everyday lighting, everyday clothes.

They sing to the tune of 'Greensleeves'.

All (singing): Good morning, friends,

We've got a tale to tell.

There's no special effects

But we'll do it somehow.

Just dream with us

And together we'll go

To the story of the Daffodil Scissors.

Daffodil lives alone with his mum -

Mum (singing): He's my loving son!

All (singing): Oh yes, that's his mum.

And living with Mum -

Daffodil Scissors
Ridley, Philip
58 pages
ISBN:1842992141698
£4.99

Bullying, a needy mum and lack of social skills make life hard for Daffodil until he meets the Bag lady.

- Innovative, user-friendly format and layout

- Accessible scripts - appealing even to the most reluctant reader

- A fast moving, sensitive exploration of crucial issues