Roderick James Hunt is a British children's author. His most famous series of stories is ''

The Magic Key ''The Magic Key'' is a British educational animated television series based on the "Biff, Chip and Kipper" stories from the Oxford Reading Tree published by Oxford University Press, originally written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex ...

'', which was first written as a part of the Oxford Reading Tree in 1985 illustrated by Alex Brychta

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. There were originally 30 stories, and there are now over 400.

Education

Hunt studied divinity and English at the

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and was appointed a

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(MBE) in

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"for services to Education, particularly Children's Literacy".United Kingdom list:

Career

'' books are used by over 80% of British primary schools to help children learn to read, in addition to schools in more than 120 other countries. Along with Alex Brychta, who illustrates his stories, he was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award in the Education Resources Awards in 2009. In addition to ''The Magic Key'', Hunt is also the author of the ''Read at Home'' and ''Wolf Hill'' series of stories, as well as many others.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of Chester British children's writers Members of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-writer-stub