The Magic Bedknob

The Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons is a 1944 children's book by Mary Norton.[1] The book was later adapted into the Disney movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks.[2][3]

The Magic Bedknob
First edition (UK)
AuthorMary Norton
Original titleThe Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons
IllustratorKiddell Monroe (UK)
CountryGreat Britain
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherJ. M. Dent & Sons (UK)
G. P. Putnam's Sons (US)
Publication date
1944
Pages192
ISBN978-0460881807
Followed byBonfires and Broomsticks 

Synopsis

While spending the summer in Bedfordshire, England, Carey, Charles, and Paul, meet Miss Price, the old spinster next door. When Paul sees Miss Price riding a broomstick, the children realize she is a witch. In return for their silence, Miss Price casts a spell on a knob from the bed so that when the knob is turned, the bed will fly wherever they wish to go. The children take the bed on various magical adventures.

Omnibus

The book and its 1947 sequel Bonfires and Broomsticks were combined into the omnibus Bedknob and Broomstick in 1957, illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

References
  1. Buell, Ellen Lewis (12 March 1944). "THE MAGIC BED-KNOB, or How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons. By Mary Norton. Illustrated by Waldo Peirce. Unpaged. New York: Distributed for the Hyperion Press by G.P. Putnam's Sons. $1.75". The New York Times.
  2. Canby, Vincent (12 November 1971). "Angela Lansbury in 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'". The New York Times.
  3. Rule, Sheila (3 September 1992). "Mary Norton, 88, Author of the 'Borrowers' Series". The New York Times.


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