Miss Cackle's Academy is no ordinary school. It stands at the top of a high mountain surrounded by a pine forest, and one clear days you can just see the pupils flitting about on their broomsticks above the playground wall. For this is a school for witches and, instead of the usual lessons, the girls there all have to learn about such things as casting spells and making magic potions.
Mildred Hubble has a reputation for being the worst pupil in the school - she's always getting her spells wrong. But she manages to get by until she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy . . .
For this special 40th anniversary hardback edition, Jill Murphy has reproduced the original drawings in beautiful full colour.
This is Book 1 in the The Worst Witch Series. See all The Worst Witch books here.
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Jill Murphy Biography
Born on 5th July 1949, Jill Murphy is a British writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for The Worst Witch stories and The Large Family picture books.
Jill’s work has won numerous
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
