The Worst Witch

Description

Sparkling new branding for The Worst Witch - the original magical boarding school series School spells trouble for Mildred Hubble! Disaster-prone Mildred is a trainee at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's making an awful mess of it. She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick. Yet she manages to get by until she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy and chaos ensues . . . Jill Murphy's beloved classic is full of fun, magic and mayhem!

Jill Murphy (1949-2021) was born in London and grew up in Surrey. 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. She wrote and iillustrated over 20 picture books, including the award-winning Large family of elephants, and 10 novels, including the highly successful Worst Witch series which have been also been adapted for television and stage. Jill passed away in Cornwall in August 2021, aged 72.

A wonderful zany story * Daily Telegraph * 'A lovely sparkly book' * Observer * Readers can't fail to warm to Mildred Hubble * Book Trust * A hugely entertaining story with wonderful illustrations, too * LoveReading4Kids * Jill Murphy is one of the most engaging writers and illustrators for children in the land * Observer * Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch * Sunday Express *