It's summer term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and Mildred Hubble has been allowed to return despite her unfortunate first year there. Mildred is dreading this summer term, knowing that all sorts of mishaps could happen again, given how prone she is to accidents and messing things up. An...
Author/Illustrator: Jill MurphyFirst Published: 1993Series: Book 4 of 7 - Second Year, Summer TermAnother nice addition to the Worst Witch stories, this time with Mildred saving Miss Hardbroom when she (again) Saves The Day!Longer than her first three books (200+ pages to the earlier 100+), "The ...
Author/Illustrator: Jill MurphyFirst Published: 2005Series: Book 5 of 7, Winter Term, Year 3.A cute premise - Mildred Hubble seems to always be in the right place at the right time to Save the Day, the BadGuys must foil her luck before she stops them. A nice crossing of the divide as the reader a...
Author/Illustrator: Jill MurphyFirst Published: 1982Series: Book 3 of 7 - Semester 1 of Year 2.Still going on The Worst Witch and it was Book 3 over the weekend.Another simple, engaging story from Murphy; this time with a time-jump which I found distracting but didn't worry the 7yo too much. Need...
Author/Illustrator: Jill MurphyFirst Published: 1974Series: Book 1 of 7I love it when it's my turn to choose a book. Being older and so much wiser I obviously have a better judgement on what makes A Good Book than the 7yo.*snort*Okay, in all reality I am more likely to choose a classic or book th...
‘Isn’t it strange,’ she had mused to Maud at lunch-break, ‘you know – how time shoots past when you’re not looking forward to something, like going to the dentist, but takes forever if you’re waiting for something nice like a birthday party?’ Maud tapped on Mildred’s door at the end of the day an...
‘She’s up to something,’ said Maud anxiously. ‘Who?’ asked Enid. ‘Mildred, of course,’ said Maud. ‘I just know there’s something funny going on. She’s hiding something in her cat basket and pretending she isn’t.’ ‘Perhaps you imagined it,’ said Enid...