Kaye Umansky taught in London primary schools for twelve years, specialising in music and drama, before becoming a full-time writer. Kaye is that rare thing - a truly funny writer who taps directly into children's imaginations. We published her first novel, Pongwiffy, which shot onto the bestseller lists and became a TV series, and she has since written countless books, poems and playscripts. Kaye lives in north London. Prunella Scales CBE is an English actress best known for her role as Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in the play A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett. Prunella is a talented narrator and has won three AudioFile Earphones Awards for her readings of Emma by Jane Austen, Spacebaby by Henrietta Branford and Lucia's Progress by E.F. Benson.
'Young readers adore the jokes and the grubbiness.' -- The Daily Telegraph 'This will appeal to the delicious anarchy in children ...' -- Prima