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)
Country	Great Britain
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	J. M. Dent & Sons (UK); G. P. Putnam's Sons (US)
Publication date	1944
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 was later adapted into the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis[edit]

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[edit]

The book and its 1947 sequel Bonfires and Broomsticks were combined into the omnibus Bedknob and Broomstick in 1957, illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

References[edit]

^ 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.

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[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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