This book presents Serge Prokofieff's famous musical story about young Peter and the Wolf in the style of a play with four scenes. The cast of characters on page 2 shows how Prokofieff used a different musical instrument to represent each character. With the help of a narrator, the story reveals, how Peter outwits the big bad wolf.

Diane was born and educated in Lancashire. Her interest in children's books began when she used them to teach English in language schools in Italy.
She returned to live in Cambridge, where she taught multi-cultural education before working as a radio and TV presenter.
Diane has also been involved in script writing for TV and the stage. She was asked to write The Journey of Odysseus for a Children's Theatre, which gave her the inspiration to delve deeper into the world of the Ancient Greeks.