"A Platonic ideal of the kind of book beginner readers need - the stories score highly on all the important points." The Daily Telegraph; "One of the most entertaining early readers of the year." The Sunday Times; "Delightful... Wonderful stuff, not twee or sentimental but bringing to life the real excitements and worries of small children... Hurrah for the Children's Laureate!" The Good Book Guide; "Six gentle, perceptive and witty stories... Perfect bedtime adventures." Carousel

Anne Fine lives in County Durham with her two daughters and various pets. She has written many books for children and young adults. These include Care of Henry; Goggle-eyes (Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and dramatized on BBC TV); Bill's New Frock (Winner of the Smarties Book Prize); Flour Babies (Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Novel Award); How to Cross the Road and Not Turn Into a Pizza; and Madame Doubtfire, which was turned into a hugely successful Hollywood film.