A former teacher, Margaret Ryan is one of Scotland's most prolific and imaginative writers for young people. She wrote the Fat Alfie and Airy Fairy series for Scholastic, the Operation Boyfriend and Little Blue series for Hodder, and two Littlest Dragon titles for HarperCollins. In 2000, she won the Scottish Arts Council Award for The Queen's Birthday Hat.

Jonny Smith's paper round takes him along Weir Street. The paper boys
don't normally stick around for long and he soon understands
why ...
It's definitely weirder than your average street. And this time
Jonny has to deliver a paper to Doctor Sphinx. Will he be brave enough to find out what is
lurking in the deep jungly garden?
The Weird Street mini-series
follows Jonny on his bizzare, scary and extremely unusual paper round,
where he bumps into a whole range of oddballs and mysterious neighbours.