Mr Majeika & School Inspector - Couverture rigide

Carpenter, Humphrey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670847380 ISBN 13 : 9780670847389

Editeur : Viking Children's Books, 1993

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'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...

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Viking Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0670847380
• ISBN 13: 9780670847389
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 96