by Humphrey Carpenter · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140327625
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«Mr Majeika and the Dinner Lady» is Humphrey Carpenter's children's fantasy novel, published by Puffin in paperback (96 pages, in English).
At St Barty's school, the dinner lady, Mrs Chipchase, makes lunchtime miserable for almost everyone. Only Hamish Bigmore, the dinner lady's 'favourite friend', eats chocolate instead of school food. The wizard and teacher Mr Majeika intervenes with magic to fix the menu and restore peace to the dining hall.
This edition, published in 1990, belongs to the Mr Majeika series and includes illustrations by Frank Rodgers.
A fantasy and school-life story for children aged 7 to 9, suitable for readers who already read with confidence.
Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.
