The Book of Legends: A hilarious and fast-paced quest adventure from bestselling comedian Lenny Henry

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Lenny’s on screen credits include Broadchurch, The Syndicate, The Long Song and the biographic film Danny and The Human Zoo.

Lenny is a strong advocate for diversity, using his voice to give talks on the subject all over the world.

In 2018 the BBC broadcast The Lenny Henry Birthday Show, looking back on Lenny’s career to commemorate his 60th birthday. Lenny Henry ensures his stories have strong black representation and this novel has two strong and adventurous heroes with the twins. 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. Henry studied for an MA at Royal Holloway, University of London in screenwriting for television and film, where he received a distinction and where he is now studying for a PhD on the role of black people in the media.

Henry's first book for children is as funny as might be expected but it's also quietly thoughtful and poignant, examining ideas of heritage, family, love and belonging in a way that lifts the Chosen One troupe out of the territory of cliché.But when their mum’s treasured storybook turns out to be a portal to another world full of mythical legends, everything changes.