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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)
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherJ. M. Dent & Sons (UK)
G. P. Putnam's Sons (US)
Publication date
1944
Publication placeGreat Britain
Pages192
ISBN978-0460881807
Followed byBonfires 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 was later adapted into the Disney movie 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.

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