By Jill Murphy (author) Part of the Puffin Clothbound Classics series
"A special 50th anniversary edition of The Worst Witch, the original magical boarding school series."
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The trials and tribulations of a disastrous new girl at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches a gloriously witchy boarding school, The Worst Witch has magic galore. Unfortunately for Mildred Hubble, most of it has a habit of going badly wrong. Her broomstick won’t fly straight, her cat is tabby not black and she manages to turn her arch-enemy into a toad. Nice short chapters with stunning illustrations also by Jill Murphy make this a perfect first reader.
Part of the collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic Series.
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this spellbinding 50th anniversary edition of 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. And when she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet into her worst enemy, chaos ensues...
Collect all the Puffin Clothbound Classics including ; The Little Prince The Jungle Book Charlotte's Web Little Women Peter Pan The Railway Children Chinese Cinderella and more....
Praise for The Worst Witch.
Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch Sunday Express
Hurray for Jill Murphy...little girls will love the antics of Mildred Hubble and her hopeless tabby cat Independent Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch Sunday Express
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One of the World Book Day 2014 Authors
Jill Murphy is one of Britain’s most treasured author–illustrators. She wrote and illustrated her first book, the bestselling The Worst Witch , while still only eighteen, and went on to create the award-winning Large family series, which has sold over five million copies worldwide and been adapted for television. Jill’s other characters include a small monster called Marlon who starred in the acclaimed picture books The Last Noo-Noo and All for One , and Ruby the bunny, who stars in Jill's latest picture book, Meltdown! Jill lives in Cornwall.
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Part of the collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic Series.Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this spellbinding 50th anniversary edition of 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.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Worst Witch and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
The Worst Witch features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Film & TV Tie-ins, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Special features and related items, School Stories
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The Worst Witch was written by Jill Murphy and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
The Worst Witch has 99 pages
Yes it is part of Puffin Clothbound Classics series
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