Humphrey Carpenter, autor entre otros libros de una biografía del poeta W.H. Auden, narra en esta obra la larga carrera de J.R.R. Tolkien, desde las vicisitudes de una infancia difícil a los trabajos y obligaciones de la vida académic...
Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War.
Class 3 are sure that something is very wrong when Mr Majeika leaves school without saying goodbye. When they find a message from him saying he's been arrested by the Silly Crime Squad, they are determined to rescue him. To do this they must outwit...
When old Mr Jenks retires, St Barty's School advertises for a new caretaker. Unfortunately there's only one applicant - Hamish Bigmore's uncle. Uncle Wilf is rude and bad-tempered, and it's up to Mr Majeika to work some magic and put everything...
When St. Barty's School have their bookweek, Mr Majeika magically brings to life the characters from the pages of each book and, after a chaotic struggle, manages to get them back into their books.
Poor Mr Majeika gains so many penalty points when the nasty Mr Postlethwaite, a school inspector, comes to inspect that he nearly loses his teacher's licence. However Mr Majeika gets his revenge.
'I really am quite useless as a wizard.' But Class Three thinks Mr Majeika is an excellent wizard, particularly when his spells go wrong! First Hamish Bigmore ends up on TV, then a real giant appears in the school play. And finally Mr Majeika gets...
'Sometimes, ' whispered Jody. 'I think school dinners would be alright if it wasn't for her.' Mrs Chipchase, the nasty dinner lady, makes lunch hour at St Barty's really unpleasant. That is, for everyone but her 'favourite friend',...