The Worst Witch is a fantasy series written and illustrated by British author Jill Murphy. This story revolves around the adventures of the ‘worst student’ in school, Mildred Hubble as she starts her journey in Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches.
children books 6-8 years old
What would you do if you are granted seven wishes out of the blue? In 1983, English writer Dick King-Smith introduced to us the idea of how a ten-year-old girl named Harmony Parker can make wishes simply by using a magical fifty-pence coin in his book The Queen’s Nose.
English cartoonist, illustrator and children’s writer Quentin Blake wrote Mister Magnolia and subsequently published it in 1992. Readers join generous and talented Mister Magnolia on his astonishing adventures as he receives a mysterious parcel containing a right boot to pair with his sole left boot.
We’re all extremely familiar with the bedtime story of the three little pigs - or so we thought! In 1989, American writer Jon Scieszka decided to publish a parody of the story by telling this story from the perspective of the ‘big bad wolf’, who now appears to be nothing more than an unlucky fellow looking for a cup of sugar.
Read more: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka