By Sally Gardner (author)
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Contains: The Smallest Girl Ever, The Boy with the Magic Numbers, The Boy with the Magic Feet Three enchanting stories about children discovering secret gifts: Ruby keeps getting smaller and smaller but still shows how a girl tiny enough to fit in a handbag can still be clever and brave. Billy finds out his magic moneybox can crack a safe, solve a kidnapping and help him to get to know his father again.
Meanwhile chubby Timmy Twinkle gets in shape and realises he's a master on the football field - a story of a child whose unhappiness is dispelled by his hidden talent. Click here to view all Sally Gardner’s titles including a further compilation of Magical Children on audio.
Magical Children 3 in 1: Vol Two (Audio) by Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner is a multi-award-winning novelist, whose books have sold over 2 million copies in the UK and been translated into more than 25 languages. Sally earned a First-Class Honours degree from Central St. Martin’s Art School and worked for many years as a theatre designer, working on some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born, she started to illustrate children’s books, and then turned to writing. Sally won both the Costa Children’s Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Maggot Moon (2012). Sally is an avid spokesperson for dyslexia. Having been branded ‘unteachable’ by some and sent to various schools, Sally was eventually diagnosed at the age of twelve as being severely dyslexic and is passionately trying to change how dyslexia is perceived by society.
Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander , won the Smarties Children's Book Prize in 2005. Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade , which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West (The Wire) has bought the film rights to both titles.
Her YA novel, The Double Shadow , was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. Sally Gardner's stories for middle readers include Lucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles: The Strongest Girl in the World , The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers , The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet , and The Boy who could Fly , which are also available as audio books. She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes . Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it is not a disability, but a gift.
If you'd love to know more about Sally, click here to download a more detailed biography and Q&A.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Magical Children 3 in 1: Vol Two (Audio) and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
Magical Children 3 in 1: Vol Two (Audio) features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations
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Magical Children 3 in 1: Vol Two (Audio) was written by Sally Gardner and published by Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
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