First Prize for the Worst Witch

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Hold on to your broomstick - Worst Witch Mildred Hubble is back for her last ever disastrous adventure! It's the start of the summer term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and disaster-prone Mildred Hubble has miraculously made it to Year Four without being expelled. She has even secretly her sights set on winning the school's highest honour! All she has to do is stay out of trouble, but when her arch-enemy Ethel Hallow starts stirring things up, it looks as though Mildred's good intentions are doomed . . .

Jill Murphy (1949-2021) was born in London and grew up in Surrey. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories, and was already putting books together (literally, with a stapler) by the time she was six. She went on to study at Chelsea, Croydon and Camberwell Schools of Art. Jill worked in a children's home for four years and as a nanny for a year, before becoming a freelance writer and illustrator. She wrote and iillustrated over 20 picture books, including the award-winning Large family of elephants, and 10 novels, including the highly successful Worst Witch series which have been also been adapted for television and stage. Jill passed away in Cornwall in August 2021, aged 72.

The Worst Witch is back - and it's as subtly feminist as ever * New Statesman * Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch * Sunday Express *