A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch

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Sparkling new branding for The Worst Witch - the original magical boarding-school series! The third hilarious adventure in the magical Worst Witch series. 'The cat is supposed to be on the broomstick, Mildred,' said Miss Hardbroom wearily. The new term spells disaster for Mildred Hubble, trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches. But she is determined to lose her embarrassing reputation as the worst witch the Academy has ever seen. But however hard she tries, things rapidly get out of hand!

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.

Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch-Sunday Express