Education is an obsession for parents and children alike and parents will worry about anything to do with their children's schooling, from which school to choose and when their child should start to what they need to learn and how they'll cope in the playground.Schools are crying out for parents to become more involved in their children's education. A Parents' Guide to Primary School contains indispensable advice on:- Pre-school and choosing the right primary school- Getting ready for school and the first day- The curriculum, SATs, homework and the importance of parents' involvement in their children's learning- Discipline and bullying- Governors and the PTA - how to get involved- Parents' evenings and reports- Extracurricular activities- Special needs- Moving on - preparing for secondary school

Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world-famous for her voice teaching. The Actor and the Text is her classic book, distilled from years of working with actors of the highest calibre.

Building on the specific exercises covered in her first book, Voice and the Actor, Cicely Berry relates the practicality of voice production to the challenges of a different text. And by getting inside the words we use - whether those of Shakespeare or our contemporaries - she shows how to release their energy and excitement for an audience.