Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book
$17.54
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
25 October 2003
Summary
A new super magical story featuring Mr Majeika, the popular wizard turned teacher, and illustrated in black and white by Frank Rodgers.
Fun and magic combine as usual in this new Mr Majeika story. The pupils in Class 3 at St Barty’s School are not impressed when their headteacher imposes strict rules of behaviour for Halloween. Mr Majeika uses a little magic to make the evening memorable but nasty Hamish Bigmore tells the local press and gets the wizard-teacher the sack. School withou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141315362 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141315369 |
| Author: | Humphrey Carpenter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2003 |
| Weight: | 75g |
| Dimensions: | 6mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Mr Majeika |
| Audience Age: | 7-9 |
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Humphrey Carpenter
Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005) was an author and creator of Mr Majeika. Born and educated in Oxford, he attended the Dragon School, a place he described as having exciting events and odd, even magical, teachers.
He worked for the BBC before becoming a full-time writer in 1975. Carpenter authored several award-winning biographies, including works on J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Benjamin Britten, and Spike Milligan.
In addition to the Mr Majeika series, his children’s books include Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits and More Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits. He also wrote plays for radio and the theatre and founded the children’s drama group, The Mushy Pea Theatre Company. Carpenter was a multi-instrumentalist, playing the tuba, double bass, bass saxophone, and keyboard.
He once remarked, “The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. Words are the only tricks you need. I can write: ‘He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings and flew away.’ And you will believe that it really happened! That’s magic, isn’t it?”
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