Mr Majeika and the School Play (Mr Majeika, 12) - Softcover

Carpenter, Humphrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014034358X ISBN 13: 9780140343588

Publisher: Puffin, 1992

Synopsis

'I really am quite useless as a wizard.' But Class Three thinks Mr Majeika is an excellent wizard, particularly when his spells go wrong! First Hamish Bigmore ends up on TV, then a real giant appears in the school play. And finally, Mr Majeika gets the whole class lost on a magic carpet! There's always an adventure with Mr Majeika around.

About this title

Review:

Delightful (Daily Telegraph)

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 014034358X
• ISBN 13: 9780140343588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96