Four fun-to-act plays for kids 10 and up from the bestselling children's author Julia Donaldson. Each play has helpful, simple guidance on running time and cast and black and white illustrations by Kate Pankhurst. Ranging from adaptations of traditional tales to original and contemporary short plays, Books and Crooks and Other Plays is an entertaining book of plays which perfect for schools and at home. Includes the following plays: 1. Top of the Mops 2. Problem Page 3. Books and Crooks 4. Persephone, with a musical score Discover more original Julia Donaldson plays with The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Plays and The Trial of Wilf Wolf and Other Plays.