Mr Majeika [Paperback]

Humphrey Carpenter (Author), Frank Rodgers (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999 | Series: Mr Majeika

As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three's new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump. Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he uses a little magic to turn him into a frog. And to everyone's delight it looks as if Hamish will have to remain a frog because Mr Majeika can't remember the spell to turn him back again! With Mr Majeika in charge, suddenly life at school become much more exciting - there's even a magic-carpet ride to Buckingham Palace!

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About the Author

Humphrey Carpenter worked at the BBC before becaming a full-time writer in 1975. He was the author of 14 of the well-loved Mr Majeika titles as well as two Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits titles for children. He was also the co-author, with his wife Mari Prichard, of The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. He was an eminent figure in the world of adult literature and published award-winning biographies including, among others, those of J. R. R Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan. From 1994-1996 he directed the Cheltenham Festival of Literature and for many years he ran a young people's drama group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He wrote plays for radio and theatre and was a regular contributor to the Guardian. Humphrey died in January 2005.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Penguin UK (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140316779
• ISBN-13: 978-0140316773
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,780,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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