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Mr Majeika and the School Inspector (Mr Majeika, 11)

Mr Majeika and the School Inspector (Mr Majeika, 11)

by HumphreyCarpenter (Author)

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    Illustrated 1993

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Synopsis

'Use of magic by teacher strictly forbidden.' Poor Mr Majeika goes to the bottom of the class when the school inspector comes to call. Things don't get any easier when Mr Majeika turns himself into a lobster by mistake. Class Three somehow has to get Wilhemina Worlock to undo the spell...

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 96
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Puffin
Published: 29 Apr 1993
ISBN 10: 0140362886
ISBN 13: 9780140362886
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 died in January 2005.