Role Play underpins all development and learning in young children. Practice Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage (2008, page 7). Learning through play is at the heart of the EYFS, and this series aims to give the practitioner as many play ideas as possible to support children's learning.

A car mechanic turned internationally acclaimed opera star, Alfie Boe has taken Broadway by storm, conquered the West End and has won the hearts of the nation. The first official bad boy of opera, this is the story of his life - the ups and the downs, from finding fame to losing his father - and of his love affair with music. A story not typical of most musical stars, Alfie's dreams of singing only became a reality when fate intervened in the form of a stranger: he was training as a car mechanic when a customer overheard him singing and told him about a London audition. Alfie tried out, got the part and has never looked back. Celebrated worldwide and lauded by Baz Luhrman and Cameron Mackintosh as the best tenor we've produced in a generation, for the first time, he will grant his millions of fans an intimate glimpse into the life of the man they adore.

The biggest crisis to hit Switzerland in 1000 years is happening. People are in a panic and shops are closing down. The unbelievable is happening, thieves are stealing the most important treasure of Switzerland, no not gold, Chocolate! When Alfie George's favourite shop, (Dr Kradofler's chocolate shop) has run out of chocolate, after their delivery is stolen. Alfie George decides to track down the chocolate thieves. On their adventures, Alfie George and his friends, Julius, Antonio and Emily, travel through the heart of Swiss mountains and must battle with Evil elves and Ugly trolls as well as befriending the most unlikely of magical creatures. But Alfie does not realise that he holds the most important secret, which everyone wants at all costs..........

This story is set in the summer of 1962, the swinging sixties and a more liberal society. A time of Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll. There are two central characters, namely Alfie and Harry, both in their teens and the best of friends. Boy-Girl relationships together with the proverbial annual British seaside holiday are very much on the agenda. Alfie aged 17, was struggling with being a virgin unlike Harry aged 18, who had many sexual conquests. The sixties marked a watershed moment affecting all walks of the British way of life.It was really a turning point from the old to the modern. The times were now being driven by youth and you could say the adults were the ones now being educated in the process with new attitudes to sex, music and fashion. One thing that doesn't change is the proverbial seaside holiday.The story begins one Sunday morning after a fight the night before at the local Church dance and the imminent revenge that's about to take place, however the story will take you back a week earlier, before moving on and eventually unfolding the unforgettable holiday in Great Yarmouth. Involving the holiday accommodation, the girls they encounter and pop stars from a show at the Windmill theatre. All throughout the book you will be reminded of the classic songs of the sixties.

She left the NYPD in the firestorm of a high-profile case gone horribly wrong. Three years later, the ghosts of her past roar back to terrifying life. When NYPD undercover cop Laney Bird's cover is blown in a racketeering case against the Russian mob, she flees the city with her troubled son, Alfie. Now, three years later, she's found the perfect haven in Sylvan, a charming town in upstate New York. But then the unthinkable happens: her boy vanishes. Local law enforcement dismisses the thirteen-year-old as a runaway, but Laney knows better. Alfie would never abandon his special routines and the sanctuary of their home. Could he have been kidnapped--or worse? As a February snowstorm rips through the region, Laney is forced to launch her own investigation, using every trick she learned in her years undercover. As she digs deeper into the disappearance, Laney learns that Alfie and a friend had been meeting with an older man who himself vanished, but not before leaving a corpse in his garage. With dawning horror, Laney discovers that the man was a confidential informant from a high-profile case she had handled in the past. Although he had never known her real identity, he knows it now. Which means several other enemies do, too. Time is running out, and as Laney's search for her son grows more desperate, everything depends on how good a detective she really is--badge or no.

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Only days after Normandy, Hitler is taken out of the equation and Heinrich Himmler, brutal head of the SS, assumes control of the Reich. On the Allied side, there is confusion. Should attempts be made to negotiate with the new government or should unconditional surrender still be the only option? With the specter of a German super-weapon moving closer to completion and the German generals finally allowed to fight the kind of war at which they are masters, the allies are pushed toward a course of accommodation or even defeat. Will the soldiers of the Grand Alliance find the courage and conviction to fight on in the face of such daunting odds? And can alliance leaders put into place a new plan in time to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by the German war machine? A new and terrible battle for a free world is on. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Complete PET combines the very best in contemporary classroom practice with stimulating topics aimed at teenagers and young adults.

Contains time travelling adventures with 9-year-old Alfie and his faithful black Labrador. Every night when Alfie goes to bed, he is transported to different times and places and faces a raft of extraordinary experiences. But suddenly Alfie's nighttime adventures start making him a daytime hero...