Bed-Knob and Broomstick
core collection 1957 Bed-Knob and Broomstick
Record
| First published | 1957 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (11,706 ratings, collected 2026-10-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152062316 |
Synopsis
Mary Norton's two stories of the Wilson children and Miss Price, gathered in one volume in 1957 and in print together ever since. Carey, Charles and Paul, sent to the country for the summer, discover that their prim spinster neighbour, Miss Price, is secretly studying to become a witch, having caught her practising on her broomstick. In exchange for their silence she enchants the knob of an ordinary brass bed so that, once turned, it will carry the bed and whoever is in it anywhere in the world, an adventure that takes them to a London police station and a cannibal island. In the sequel, two years later, the bed carries them back to the reign of Charles II, where they befriend Emelius Jones, a well-meaning but inept necromancer, and bring him forward into their own time, with consequences for Miss Price that neither witch nor necromancer expects.
Where it sits
- Universe: Bed-Knob and Broomstick
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Mary Norton
Notes
- The 1957 combined edition of The Magic Bed-Knob (1943) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947), revised by the author, the form in which both books have since stayed in print and the basis of the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). ISBN recorded: the Odyssey Classic edition. The reader rating is the work-level figure across editions.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Bed-Knob and Broomstick (standalone work): position 3 of 3: previous Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947)
Sources
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