A rollicking magical adventure story as King Midas sets out to find a cure for his magic touch so that he can turn his daughter back from gold.

Witches, dragons, wizards and a host of amazing characters feature in this spell-binding tale from a supreme storyteller.

This book is part of a book series called Red Stories .

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Alf Proysen was born in Norway in 1914. The Mrs Pepperpot books first appeared in the 1950s and were an immediate success. They have been loved by children ever since and have been translated into many different languages. Hilda Offen is a well-known picture book illustrator, who won the Smarties Prize in 1992 for Nice Work, Little Wolf. Since then she has illustrated many picture books, including Fred and Ted's Treasure Hunt. She lives in Brighton. Lynne Reid Banks is the author of the award-winning Indian in the Cupboard.