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The Magic Bed-Knob

(or How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons)

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Author(s):Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):Waldo Peirce
Publisher(s): The Hyperion Press
Year Published: 1943
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
Boys Growing Up
British
Fantasy - English
Girls Growing Up
Magic
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 46
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 1478403

Description

Charles, Carey and Paul are staying in the English countryside with an aunt, when they discover their neighbor, Miss Price, is an apprentice witch. She bribes them to silence by putting a traveling spell on their bed-knob and their adventures begin.

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Other Editions

The Magic Bed-Knob (1946)

Carey, Charles and Paul discover that their neighbor, Miss Price is a witch. To gain their silence she agrees to give them a magic bed-know that allows their bed to travel through space and time.

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons
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The Magic Bed-Knob (1992)

Charles, Carey and Paul are staying in the English countryside with an aunt, when they discover their neighbor, Miss Price, is an apprentice witch. She bribes them to silence by putting a traveling spell on their bed-knob and their adventures begin.

Read online at Internet Archive.

Publisher: J. M. Dent
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Other Sequels

The Magic Bed-Knob (1992)

Charles, Carey and Paul are staying in the English countryside with an aunt, when they discover their neighbor, Miss Price, is an apprentice witch. She bribes them to silence by putting a traveling spell on their bed-knob and their adventures begin.

Read online at Internet Archive.

Publisher: J. M. Dent
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Read online at archive.org. 

Publisher: Harper & Brothers
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The Secret of the Unicorn (1959)

Tintin purchases a model ship named Unicorn to give to Captain Haddock which leads to a treasure map. The Golden Press edition was translated by Danièle Gorlin.

Read online at archive.org. 

Publisher: Golden Press•Methuen
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