The Worst Witch and The Wishing Star

Description

Hold on to your broom for magical mayhem - the Worst Witch is back in a 7th story! A new adventure starring the worst witch - lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble. Mildred makes a wish on a shooting star - and to her great surprise it comes true! Mildred's wish-come-true is a small dog but how can she keep him a secret from all the others, especially the formidable Miss Hardbroom? It's a disaster waiting to happen...and it does! - but everything turns out for the best when Mildred and her clever dog, Star, win an indoor swimming pool for the school!

Jill Murphy was born in London in 1949. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories, and was already putting books together (literally, with a stapler) by the time she was six. She went on to study at Chelsea, Croydon and Camberwell Schools of Art. Jill worked in a children's home for four years and as a nanny for a year, before becoming a freelance writer and illustrator. The Worst Witch stories, of which this is the seventh, are some of Puffin's most successful titles.

A hugely entertaining story with wonderful illustrations, too. -- Julia Eccleshare * Lovereading4Kids *