Bed-knob and broomstick

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Title:

Bed-knob and broomstick

Alternate title:

Bedknob and broomstick

Added Title:

The magic bed-knob.

Bonfires and broomsticks

Author:

Norton, Mary, 1903-1992 author.

Blegvad, Erik, illustrator.

Summary:

With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three English children have a series of exciting and perilous adventures traveling on a flying bed that takes them to a London police station, a tropical island, and back in time to the seventeenth century.

Audience:

"Ages 8 and up"--cover p. [4].

General Note:

"A combined edition of 'The magic bed-knob' and 'Bonfires and broomsticks.'"

"An Odyssey/Harcourt young classic."

Contents:

The magic bed-knob -- Bonfires and broomsticks

Physical Description:

227 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Subject Term:

Witches -- Juvenile fiction.

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Space and time -- Juvenile fiction

Geographic Term:

England -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Blegvad, Erik,

Publisher:

Harcourt,

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

Publication Date:

2000

1957

ISBN:

9780152024505

9780152024567

Publication Information:

San Diego : Harcourt, 2000.

Call Number:

J NORTON

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003384008	Juvenile Fiction	NORTON	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks in one volume. These are the exploits of the three Wilson children; Miss Price, the apprentice witch; and the flying bed. A tale of a witch-in-training and trouble of the most unforgettable kind.

Author Notes

Mary Norton (1903-1992) lived in England, where she was an actress, playwright, and award-winning author of the classic Borrowers novels.