'Oh dear,' said Mr Majeika, 'I seem to have made the spell too strong.'

Class Three has fun during Book Week, when famous storybook characters suddenly appear! But there's trouble ahead with Wilhemina Worlock the witch at the school's Olympic Sports Day...

Will Mr Majeika manage to magic up a solution?


Mr. Majeika

by Humphrey Carpenter

Published 17 May 1984
In 'Mr Majeika', he behaves just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he uses a little magic to turn him into a frog. In 'Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book', The pupils are not impressed when their headteacher imposes strict rules of behaviour for Halloween. Mr Majeika uses a little magic to make the evening memorable.

Is Mr. Majeika at the bottom of peculiar goings-on at St. Barty's School? With a wizard for a teacher, anything is possible--even the improvement of school dinners. In Mr. Majeika and the Music Teacher, Mr. Majeika knows that the new music teacher is a witch!

In the school play everything is a bit too realistic when a genuine giant thunders onto the stage.

'Music teacher? What music teacher?'

The sudden arrival of a new music teacher throws St barty's School into confusion. Mysterious smells start coming from the staffroom and creepy-crawlies appear out of nowhere. The new arrival is, of course, Wilhelmina Worlock, a wicked witch with some nasty tricks.

It's up to Mr Majeika to try to outwit her...