My Totally Secret Diary: On Stage in America is the fantastic new must-have story starring Polly Price. You'll be laughing out load as she gets into all all sorts of hilarious situations with the help of her mother! With cool illustrations on every page, Polly's Diary is all about what growing up is really like

Polly Price's sparkly silver scrapbook My Totally Secret Diary: On Stage In America by Dee Shulman is full of funny observations about adult foibles

Bubbly, bright and bang up-to-date, it's hard to imagine that the innovation Dee Shulman here brings to books for newly-confident readers doesn't match the innovation the change from black-and-white to technicolour broadcasting must have effected!

This fab journal covers issues that affect everyone, like mate problems

Dee Shulman has created a real hit for young readers with her charming full-colour illustrations and interactive concept for My Totally Secret Diary

So what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!

Many years down the line, memories of those happy shared times in which lessons are disguised as pure enjoyment for both reader and listener will be recalled as golden days.