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Mr Majeika
Mr Majeika
Apr 20, 2025 12:33 AM

Author:Humphrey Carpenter

Mr Majeika

Mr Majeika is the most magical teacher around!

As a rule, magic carpets don't turn up in schools, but this is exactly what happens when Class Three's new teacher flies in through the classroom window and lands on the floor with a bump.

Mr Majeika can behave 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. And to everyone's delight it looks as if Hamish will have to remain a frog because Mr Majeika can't remember the spell to turn him back again! With Mr Majeika in charge, suddenly life at school become much more exciting - there's even a magic-carpet ride to Buckingham Palace!

There are lots more Mr Majeika adventures to enjoy, including:

Mr Majeika and the Music Teacher

Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book

Mr Majeika and the School Play

Mr Majeika and the Ghost Train

Reviews

This is a well-balanced blend of school story - complete with knockabout humour - and some valuable information about classical myths and legends

—— Lyndsay Fraser , Scottish Sunday Herald

Zany story with lots of information on Ancient Greece

—— Bournemouth Daily Echo

An instantly involving, constantly hilarious tale

—— Andy Stanton , Junior Education

This book with its eye catching metallic book cover and intriguing title just begs to be read . . . There is so much to keep young readers entertained in this book. There's magic, a clever, fast moving plot, a school setting which children can easily identify with and interesting characters. . . . Greek Mythology is a central theme and it is a masterstroke to introduce young readers to it in a very unusual way

—— Armadillo

It's as crazy as it sounds. Suspend belief and enjoy

—— Cork Evening Echo

As always, Chambers writes with the fierce intelligence and honesty which distinguishes his work. If more novels of adolescence had this quality and seriousness, we wouldn't risk losing those readers who feel patronised by teenage fiction

—— Linda Newbery , TES Teacher

A complex book . . . resulting in a believable and inviting world

—— School Library Journal
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