The Magic Bedknob

The Magic Bedknob
	First edition (UK)
Author	Mary Norton
Original title	The Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons
Illustrator	Kiddell Monroe (UK)
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	J. M. Dent & Sons (UK); G. P. Putnam's Sons (US)
Publication date	1944
Publication place	Great Britain
Pages	192
ISBN	978-0460881807
Followed by	Bonfires and Broomsticks

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 and its sequel were adapted into the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.^[2]^[3]

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

↑ 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.
↑ Canby, Vincent (12 November 1971). "Angela Lansbury in 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'". The New York Times.
↑ Rule, Sheila (3 September 1992). "Mary Norton, 88, Author of the 'Borrowers' Series". The New York Times.

[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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