Maz Evans is an author, scriptwriter, playwright, lyricist, journalist, poet, dinner lady, and whatever else pays the gas bill.

As a freelance TV journalist, Mary has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Sun, TV Times, TV Easy and regularly broadcasts on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Five Live.

She has puddle-water eyes and very disobedient hair. She likes sunflowers, things that rhyme and eating pudding first. She doesn't like rude, getting up in the morning or Wednesdays.

Robert Ingpen's illustrations evoke scenes of station life and convey Jim's excitement at the arrival of the new pedal radio. The flaps with their wonderful pencil sketches of the characters open up to reveal rich colour scenes.

Fascinating factual information at the back of the book explains how the pedal radio worked and how the Flying Doctor and the School of the Air developed as a result. A sister book to the award-winning Tea and Sugar Christmas, with the same author and illustrator.