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The Worst Witch Saves the Day
By (Author) Jill Murphy
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
21st November 2023
3rd August 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
176
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 11mm
145g
Sparkling new branding for The Worst Witch - the original magical boarding school series This cat needs to pull himself together! Something is up at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches- Mildred Hubble's new form teacher is really weird. . . Or is she Investigating isn't easy, especially when Mildred's potions go wrong, the class know-it-all insists on being 'helpful' and her beloved cat is having a meltdown . . . The Worst Witch Saves the Day is the fifth adventure in Jill Murphy's hilarious Worst Witch series full of fun, magic and mayhem.
A wonderful zany story * Daily Telegraph *
Jill Murphy is one of the most engaging writers and illustrators for children in the land * Observer *
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.