Editing Tim and the Hidden People (section)

==Reception==
Writing for the [[Times Educational Supplement]] in July 1980, Anne Barnes described the Tim and the Hidden People stories as "quite adventurous" saying "Tim encounters enough mysteries to keep the reader in suspense to the end".<ref name="Barnes 1980" /> ''Child Education'' magazine described the series as "excellent" in an August 1979 review.<ref name="Bentley 1979">{{cite news |last1=Bentley |first1=Diana |title=Extension Readers |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_child-education-plus_1979-08_56_8/page/14/mode/2up?q=McCullagh+Flightpath |access-date=16 January 2023 |work=Child Education |date=August 1979 |page=14}}</ref>

The books were cited as an inspiration by the author Victoria Biggs, who used the "Hidden People" as an analogy for those suffering from [[dyspraxia]].<ref name="Biggs 2014">{{cite book |last1=Biggs |first1=Victoria |title=Caged in Chaos: A Dyspraxic Guide to Breaking Free |date=2014 |publisher=Jessica Kingsley |isbn=9781849054744 |pages=14–15 |edition=Updated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCaPAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22tim+and+the+hidden+people%22&pg=PP2 |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> Author and director [[Tom Harper (director)|Tom Harper]] also cited the series as an early inspiration.<ref name="Daily Record 2013">{{cite news |last1=Harper |first1=Tom |title=BOOK CLUB |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A332959527/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ad174ab3 |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=Daily Record |date=8 June 2013}}</ref>