The wait is over.

The WORST WITCH is back!

In the first story from Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches in 6 years

Mildred Hubble is about to learn to be careful what you wish for . . .

Beautifully illustrated by Jill Murphy

A classic, accident-prone best friend for the next generation.

Celebrate 40 calamitous years in 2014!

5 million+ books sold worldwide

And a sparkling new cover look!

Jill Murphy was born in London in 1949. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories, and was already putting books together (literally, with a stapler) by the time she was six. She went on to study at Chelsea, Croydon and Camberwell Schools of Art. Jill worked in a children's home for four years and as a nanny for a year, before becoming a freelance writer and illustrator. The Worst Witch stories, of which this is the seventh, are some of Puffin's most successful titles.