With its wonderful evocation of a magical other-world and the warm-hearted dynamics of family love and friendship, this high-octane adventure will have youngsters giggling, gasping and guffawing from first page to last.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.He introduced characters who both mocked and celebrated black British culture, such as Theophilus P. At least the stories Mum tells them, the tales of the Nine Dominions, provide some much-needed consolation. The twins travel from their home through mystical lands, facing many adversaries from wicked fairies to Viking warriors, and meet lots of new friends along the way, such as the fabulous Zebracorn. Lots of lovely characters appeared and they are all wonderful - apart from the most obvious villian!

A superbly fun and witty story about stories and storytelling with wonderfully diverse representation - Twins Bran and Fran attend a British Sign Language school; Bran is deaf. Lenny is a strong advocate for diversity, using his voice to give talks on the subject all over the world. Lenny’s Production Company, Douglas Road, has achieved success in partnership with Burning Bright on the recently acclaimed The Commonwealth Kid documentary and has a host of other programmes in the pipeline. Tennille Rolingson, Jericho Prize [A] celebration of the vitality of storytelling, The Book of Legends made me laugh, made me teary, left me happy and hopeful.His earliest television appearance was on the New Faces talent show, which he won in 1975 with an impersonation of Stevie Wonder.