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Mr Majeika and the Dinner Lady (Mr Majeika, 4)

Mr Majeika and the Dinner Lady (Mr Majeika, 4)

by HumphreyCarpenter (Author)

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    Paperback 1990

    $3.29

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    Hardcover 1989

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    Paperback 1990

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Synopsis

'Sometimes, ' whispered Jody. 'I think school dinners would be alright if it wasn't for her.' Mrs Chipchase, the nasty dinner lady, makes lunch hour at St Barty's really unpleasant. That is, for everyone but her 'favourite friend', Hamish Bigmore. Up to his usual tricks, Hamish is allowed to eat chocolate instead of ghastly school dinners! Mr Majeika decides it's time to sort out the menu...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Puffin
Published: 02 Aug 1990
ISBN 10: 0140327622
ISBN 13: 9780140327625
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews
Delightful * Daily Telegraph *
Author Bio
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 passed away in January 2005.