title: The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star
author:  Jill Murphy 
description: <b>Jill Murphy</b> was only eighteen when she wrote <i>The Worst Witch, </i>and since then her books about the lovable Mildred Hubble have become much-loved classics, with more than five million copies in print worldwide. Jill Murphy has also written and illustrated several award-winning picture books for younger children. She lives in Cornwall, England.
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  PUFFIN BOOKS
  
  
  _The Worst Witch_
  
  
  
  
  
  Jill Murphy started putting books together (literally with a stapler), when
  she was six. Her Worst Witch series, the first of which was published in 1974,
  is hugely successful. She has also written and illustrated several award-
  winning picture books for younger children.
  
  
  ![image](../images/9780141941479_001.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Some other books by Jill Murphy_
  
  
  (Titles in reading order)
  
  
  THE WORST WITCH
  
  
  THE WORST WITCH STRIKES AGAIN
  
  
  A BAD SPELL FOR THE WORST WITCH
  
  
  THE WORST WITCH ALL AT SEA
  
  
  THE WORST WITCH’S SPELLING BOOK
  
  
  _(with Rose Griffiths)_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PUFFIN BOOKS
  
  
  Published by the Penguin Group
  
  
  Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
  
  
  Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA
  
  
  Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124,
  Australia
  
  
  Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2
  
  
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