Books published by publisher Tarquin Pubns

Time, fashion and different performance spaces have created an endless number of variations in the production of Shakespeare's plays. This beautiful book explores these variations from Shakespeare's time to our own, starting with the first Globe Theatre. All the pieces to make the pull-up scenes are ready to cut out and glue in position. These scenes include some of the best known and best loved plays and each is shown as it would have been at a particular time in theatre history. Some extraordinary ideas and personalities have been presented over the years and this book draws attention to the richness of Shakespeare and of our theatrical heritage.

A bird is a particularly appropriate subject for a mobile. Cut them out from the book and glue them together. When finished there will be six beautiful and varied mobiles... a pheasant, a barn owl, a kingfisher, a puffin, a green woodpecker, and a robin on its nest. There is also a clever circular disc to make to dial up information about the birds, their habits, and their habitat.

Who would have thought that paper models could illustrate some fundamental truths about the universe! Yet Lee Bulbrook has succeeded in using a certain geometrical shape which represents the fundamental structure of real atoms rather well. Because of this, they glue together logically to make model molecules which closely represent the shapes and properties of real molecules. This combination of words, pictures and models opens the door to a better understanding of this fascinating subject. To bring all these ideas together and to explain the significance of the models. There is an extensive minibook to tell more about fundamental chemistry.

One of Tarquin's all time bestsellers! Children love making these beautiful shapes which are such fun to decorate. Each model is printed on crisp white paper ready to cut out and glue together. There are at least 12 hours of enjoyment in each book and the finished models make a fine collection. There are plenty of suggestions and ideas for coloring and decoration. A fantastic way to introduce 3D geometry to children - at home or in class. Makes an excellent gift or prize! The sister book, Make Shapes 2 contains slightly more complex models.

Make this new edition of the Globe - bang up to date and includes all the recent changes in countries and their borders. All the countries are shown in full colour and there are about 1200 major cities, seas, rivers and other geographical features. There is also a 24 page minibook called Do you know which is full of interesting facts and ideas about the Earth and the environment. The minibook also explains how to use the experimental cutouts which are provided and which help to make it easy to understand ideas which would otherwise be rather difficult. For instance the Time Collar shows how to find the time anywhere in the world and the cutout Full Moon allows a better appreciation of the scale of the Sun, Earth, Moon system. There are many more ideas also which are introduced by using the model as a starting point.

This book includes four pull-up scenes to cut out and make and which show some costumes in three dimensions. The Masque at Bolsover, Black Monday at the Court of Appeal, Whitehall and St James’s; and A Sitting at Henpen’s Studio provide pull up scenes to give an extra dimension to the historical and theatrical background that is abundant in the book. It also includes a carefully researched glossary of useful terms.