The Worst Witch Kindle Edition

My kid and I love to watch the Netflix series so I thought she would enjoy the book. Its a little hard for her to read and not in the English standards she understands and learns in school so she has a few questions sometimes. It seems to be written in UK style. Still she likes it and tries to read it. After all it is a UK show so we still enjoy both the series and the book.

A cute story great cast of characters and very entertaining. Good for all ages even young children who can read. No major valance no bad language no inappropriate scenes. I think children 10 will enjoy it very muchI wanted to read at least the first book after I found the worst witch series on Netflix check them all out

Short, simplistic, hardly a nibble’s worth of a story, with little or no character development. It was okay, but I won’t be reading the rest of the series. There just isn’t much of an incentive.

I enjoyed reading this to my nine year old little boy. He thought it was very funny and it kept his attention well

It was quite short, but otherwise was a good book. In my opinion it wasn't really worth how much it was. It took me less than an hour to read it, so it wasn't very satisfying. The story is well written, though, and I did enjoy reading it. It is not quite the reading level that it claims to be, but it was a fun, easy Halloween book that was enjoyable.

I bought this as a Christmas present for my three-year-old granddaughter. It will have to be read to her, but her mommy reads her a lot anyway. I am looking forward to seeing if the kid likes it.

Easy read grandchildren read the book in one sitting.

Read this book to my first grader in October and she loved it. I was very fond of this book and the old movie from my childhood so it was great to share this with her. She also enjoys the Netflix series based on the books.

My 8-year-old boy seemed HORRIFIED when we started reading and he realised it was a GIRLS' school! We've read 4 of the Harry Potter books so he's used to long and much more complicated genre examples, but after getting a '100 books you must read' poster with Jill Murphy's series on it, he was desperate to be able to cross it off. So we persisted, my bookworm and I.And he now will not be objecting should I find any more of the series in the library... I think he quickly took to Mildred Hubble, accident-prone rookie witch, with a Draco-like enemy in Enid, Snape-like Professor in Miss Hardbroom, best Ron-friend Maud and even a Head that could be compared to the twinkle-eyed Dumbledore.Right away, we enter the world of a magical school, complete with Potions lessons focusing on changing form, broomstick-riding and the ceremony of receiving your black kitten.Mildred is very human, she's messy and forgetful, a trier, a kind friend. And in this mini-adventure that culminates with a disastrous (sabotaged) Halloween display, a huge coincidence allows Mildred to save face and the school at the same time.I loved being taken back in time thirty years to when I read this first. Very simple, yes, but charming and at the time, the only book about magic (and a MAGIC SCHOOL!) I'd come across. This is a 'gateway' into Potter potentially, and a wonderful series with some great 'good vs. bad' child-friendly characters.Murphy is a superb illustrator as well, and her black and white drawings have stood the test of time, not needing to be re-imagined as Rowling's books have many times over. I've just bought a copy to give to a friend for her 8th birthday and I'm pretty confident that it will be read in bed under the covers and treasured.For ages 7-10, and anyone my age who wants to relive their childhood a little...

Watching ‘The Worst Witch’ on TV (1998-2001) after school with my little sister was one of my favourite things to do as a kid, so when I saw this was on sale nostalgia had me purchasing it.Overall the story was cute, perfect for young kids not yet ready for Harry Potter, but honestly, I wasn’t captivated by the story (and I really wanted to be). It’s a nice easy read, but for me the world the author cultivated was a tad too simplistic in its depiction and the writing didn’t weave an intricate spell over me. I’m going to keep it on my kindle to read to my very young cousins but won’t be re-reading it for pleasure myself.My favourite part of the book has to be the illustrations – they were charming and had me potently visualising the characters – the key reason why I have given this book 3 stars rather than 2.5 stars.99p on Amazon 14th September 2019.

“The Worst Witch” centres around the adventures of Mildred, and this charming little book provides us with an introduction to those, alongside her best friend Maud, as well as characters such as Ethel, Miss Hardbroom and Miss Cackle.A nice little trip down memory lane for me (I borrowed this series on cassette so much from the local library when I was younger), I’d recommend this series to younger readers to investigate independently or with an adult, before they sink their teeth into something like Harry Potter.

I was very into stories about schools for little witches as a child, and there were a lot of them then. ("Spell Me A Witch" by Barbara Willard, "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, "The Witch Family" by Eleanor Estes, and a boy wizard appears in "Which Witch?" by Eva Ibbotson.)But I was especially fond of "The Worst Witch", partly because the pen-and-ink illustrations on almost every page are full of such personality - the tabby kitten splayed out on the end of the broomstick with its eyes closed, hanging on for dear life, still cracks me up - and partly because, unlike in the other writers' stories, the heroine Mildred is not clever or talented or a "chosen one" or brilliant at magic. She's actually very bad at magic, and leaves well-meaning havoc in her wake everywhere she goes. Yet generally, in every adventure including this one (first in the series), she ends up performing some heroic deed that helps other people.I have just read it out at bedtime to my six-year-old daughter, who is moving into 7+ years chapter books for her own reading. She was fascinated with the idea of boarding school, which she has never heard of before, and she loved the idea of children being able to turn each other into pigs and frogs..... wishful thinking on her part, I'm assuming. So I shall be getting the rest of the series.

I bought this for my 5 year old grand daughter, a confident reader. She watched the tv series and liked it. The book didn’t disappoint & she keeps referring to different parts of it! I’ll be ordering the next in the series for sure when she finishes this one.