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CD-AudioRunning Time: 180 minutes
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www.sallygardner.net/Publisher
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) an imprint of Orion Publishing CoPublication date
4th March 2010ISBN
9781409115731Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Magical Children 3 in 1: Vol One (Audio)
Sally Gardner
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Contains: The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy who could Fly.Each of the Magical Children stories is about a child with a special gift. In The Invisible Boy, Sam is left in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom when his parents go missing on a trip to the moon and makes friends with a little alien calls Splodge who shows him how to become invisible. The Strongest Girl in the World is about Josie Jenkins, aged 8, who suddenly finds that she can lift up a double decker bus with no effort at all and learns to live with the vicissitudes of fame and fortune. The Boy who Could Fly is Thomas Top, who is granted a birthday wish by the Fat Fairy and finds that his new talent has a wonderful effect on his whole life. Click here to view all Sally Gardner’s titles including a further compilation of Magical Children on audio.
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Magical Children 3 in 1: Vol One (Audio) by Sally GardnerReviews
Three touching stories ... narrated in kindly, bedtime voices. Summer 2010 issue -- Rachel Redford THE OLDIEAbout The Author
Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and have sold more than one million copies in the UK.
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.
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.
The Double Shadow is published in November 2011.
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's 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.
To see a video of Sally talking about her book Fairy Shopping - CLICK HERE
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