Third of Sally Gardner's Magical Children stories about children empowered by special gifts. 'The Strongest Girl in the World' was a Waterstone's Summer Read; 'The Smallest Girl Ever' and 'The Invisible Boy' were both an Ottakar's Children's Book of the Month. Sally Gardner has a terrific sales record.

Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born she started to illustrate children's books, and then turned to writing. She lives in North London. Sally Gardner was a very successful designer of sets and costumes for the theatre for many years, but she always wanted to write and illustrate books for children. Her first was The Little Nut Tree, then Playtime Rhymes, a big collection of rhymes for younger children, and now the bestselling A Book of Princesses. Andrew Sachs has performed widely in stage, film and television including the famous Manuel in FAWLTY TOWERS, Einstein in HORIZON SPECIAL: EINSTEIN, Peter Pryce in JACK OF HEARTS, and Joseph in SILENT WITNESS. He also does commentating, radio work, voice-overs and has read numerous audiobooks including The Magical Children's series for Orion.