So he's got to get up to speed and back to Nevermore before Wesley and his team come to harm in the hills. Fergus still has to complete the time trial to join the local cycling team though - can Grandpa Herc and his best friend Daisy help him realise that he doesn't need magic to succeed, and that hard work, a bit of patience and some help from his friends can do the trick? My daughter especially enjoyed the run down of the characters on the first few pages of each book, and constantly referred back to their mug shots when the new characters entered the book. My favourite part of the story is when Fergus passes the race with his new bike which he made with his grandpa and Daisy.

This popular series of books, first published in 2016, is aimed at 5-8 year olds, when children often start cycling and reading independently. Written with co-author Joanna Nadin, an award-winning children’s author, and illustrated by Clare Elsom, the tenth and final book in the successful series was published in February 2019. As a child, Chris never would have believed that he could have achieved his dream of becoming an Olympic Champion.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. With practical ideas for building confidence, resilience and self-belief, as well as dealing with failure, the book has been hugely popular for children unlocking their potential. Mum and Jambo are distracted by their upcoming wedding, Grandpa and Choppy Wallace are having problems with the team’s sponsor, who is demanding ludicrous things like banning the team from eating bananas and making them scoff biscuits instead.

The series will also feature a non-fiction book to encourage children to have fun cycling, and record their cycling adventures. When he takes it for a test run, he discovers something amazing - when the pedals turn backwards, Fergus and his dog, Chimp, are transported to the magical land, Nevermore. The Hercules' Hopefuls are through to the next round of the cycling tournament, but there's a big problem. So when he gets a rusty second-hand bike for his ninth birthday he can't help feeing a bit disappointed.To stand a chance of beating the Velociraptors, the terrifying all-girls speed squad, Wesley and Fergus will need to work together.