The dance group Flawless, who went on to perform on Britain's Got Talent (a spin-off show of which Mulhern presents), came first. Stephen Daniel Mulhern (born 4 April 1977) is an English television presenter, magician and comedian. citation needed] The family spent their holidays at Butlin's Minehead in Somerset, where Mulhern began performing in public. Stephen Mulhern (Author) Stephen Mulhern is one of the most in-demand television presenters today, with a string of smash-hit television show s including Catchphrase, In For a Penny and Rolling In It. Max’s family are lovable characters that I am sure many readers will recognise from their own siblings and/or parents and grandparents.

The illustrations, Begoña Fernández Corbalán, are amazing and add an element to the story; I love the flipbook-style image on the corner of each page. Max Mullers is a little boy consumed by the world of magic taught by his nan who has a background in it. Subjects include vampires, pirates, pandemics, teenage girl boxers and teenage boy knitters (not all in the same book). He's not going to use his mysterious new magical abilities to do it, either - Max will compete fair and square. This is probably tailored more to school children but regardless me and my little sister loved this book!Stephen Mulhern has announced some ‘exciting’ news – he’s written a kids’ book (Credit: Splash News) What did Stephen Mulhern say about his new book? There are also many diverse characters, which is great to see when diversity and inclusion in publishing, particularly children’s books, is very important so children can see themselves represented in books. Some aspects of the story feel a bit outdated (including the playground bully and the “Crayfish Twins”) and hard to relate to modern childhood but that often doesn’t bother a younger reader.

Then a run-in with Bottley at his parents' market stall gets Max into even bigger trouble - now the notorious East End gangsters the Crayfish Twins are after him!Aimed at probably the over 8s market - I'm obviously too old for the tales of Max Magic - but I enjoyed it none the less. With my most favourite author of this age being Sam Copeland (who fills his books with humour and twists and turns and brilliant action packed illustrations), I felt that this showed how lacking this book is in every area! The story is brilliant and wraps up nicely while still leaving loads of room for more stories to come.