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The Boy With the Magic Numbers (Tape)

Magical Children 5

Sally Gardner
Read by Andrew Sachs

Billy Pickles has a winning way with numbers in book five in the Magical Children series.
'What makes Gardner's book special is not just the cleverness of its plot, but its charming linguistic zaniness . . . It's a pleasure to read - to yourself and aloud.' Sunday Telegraph

When Billy Pickles' dad leaves home to live in New York, he gives Billy a moneybox. Billy's not sure where to put in the money, and not sure why his dad has left.

Then Billy goes to New York to visit his father and his Italian grandmother, and discovers the secret of his magic moneybox. In a wonderful adventure, he takes Mighty Mamma on a helicopter ride, cracks open a safe, solves a kidnap mystery - and gets to know his dad again.

The Boy With the Magic Numbers (Tape)-Magical Children 5