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Peace at Last

Owl Books — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:21:05 +0000

Jill Murphy’s bestselling classic Peace at Last has delighted young children for almost forty years, and is equally beloved by tired parents who are all too familiar with the plight of poor Mr. Bear. With a snoring Mrs. Bear, an excitable Baby Bear and a house full of tapping and dripping and ticking, peace is hard to come by – will Mr. Bear ever get a decent night’s sleep?

The familiar noises, repetition and beautiful illustrations make Jill Murphy’s delightful Peace at Last an all-time favourite bedtime story with children and adults everywhere. This is a beautiful refreshed edition of a much-loved picture book classic.

Enjoy more Bear Family stories with Whatever Next! and Just One of Those Days.

Just One of Those Days

Owl Books — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:27 +0000

It had been a long night... so Mr and Mrs Bear woke up late. When Mr and Mrs Bear wake up late, it's raining outside - and Baby Bear is late for nursery. Then Mrs Bear sits on her glasses at work and Mr Bear spills his coffee! Oh dear - it seems this is just going to be one of those days! But the loveable Bear family muddle through cheerfully, and there's even a surprise for Baby Bear when Mr Bear gets home from work. With all the hallmarks of an instant classic, Just One of Those Days is a gentle, warm story about a family day, which parents and children everywhere will relate to - full of satisfying read-aloud repetition and rhythm - and with Jill Murphy's instantly recognisable, cosily-lit illustrations.

ISBN: 9781529021370 PubDate: 3 Sep 2020 Pages: 36

The Worst Witch : 01

Owl Books — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:24:22 +0000

‘Riding a broomstick is no easy matter!’

Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred is a trainee at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches, but she’s making an awful mess of it. She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick. Yet she manages to scrape by until she turns Ethel, the teacher’s pet, into her deadly enemy and chaos ensues . . . Jill Murphy’s much-loved classic if full of fun, magic and mayhem!

The Worst Witch : 02 : Worst Witch Strikes Again

Owl Books — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:24:21 +0000

The second hilarious adventure in the Worst Witch series.

‘I wonder,’ said Miss Cackle, ‘if there is any hope for you in this Academy, Mildred.’It’s the Summer Term at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches and disaster-prone, trainee witch Mildred Hubble is in deep trouble again – all because of the new girl Enid Nightshade, who isn’t nearly as sweet and innocent as she looks…

‘Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy’s Worst Witch’ – Sunday Express

The Worst Witch : 03 : Bad Spell for the Worst Witch

Owl Books — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:24:18 +0000

‘The cat is supposed to be on the broomstick, Mildred,’ said Miss Hardbroom wearily. The new term spells disaster for Mildred Hubble, trainee witch at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches. But she is determined to lose her embarrassing reputation as the worst witch the Academy has ever seen.

But however hard she tries, things rapidly get out of hand!

‘Hurray for Jill Murphy – readers will love the antics of Mildred Hubble and her hopeless tabby cat’ – Independent

The Worst Witch : 04 : Worst Witch All at Sea

Owl Books — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:00:16 +0000

The Worst Witch All At Sea is the fourth hilarious adventure in The Worst Witch series. Mildred Hubble is in deep water on the school trip!Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is possibly the worst ever trainee witch to darken the doors of Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches. When the class goes for a week’s school trip to the seaside, Mildred can’t bear to leave behind her beloved cat, Tabby behind, so she smuggles him along.

But keeping Tabby hidden leads Mildred into yet more trouble…

‘A wonderful zany story’ – Daily Telegraph

The Worst Witch : 05 : Worst Witch Saves the Day

Owl Books — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:14 +0000

The Worst Witch Saves the Day is the fifth adventure in the much-loved Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy, in which lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is in trouble once again. She is possibly the worst witch ever to go to Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches . . .

‘What this cat needs is to pull himself together!’

Something is up at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches: Mildred Hubble’s new form teacher is really weird. Or is she? Investigating isn’t easy, especially when Mildred’s potions go wrong, the class know-it-all insists on being ‘helpful’ and her beloved cat is having a meltdown . . .

‘A lovely, sparkly book’ – Observer

The Worst Witch : 06 : Worst Witch to the Rescue

Owl Books — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:12 +0000

‘It isn’t actually a known spell. I sort of made it up myself.’

Mildred Hubble has always been the worst witch at Miss Cackle’s Academy, but she just knows this term will be different. She’s done the best holiday project ever and she’s sure that her form teacher, the fearsome Miss Hardbroom, will be impressed.

Even her arch-enemy, Ethel Hallow, is being friendly to her! But is it all too good to be true – will disaster strike again for the Worst Witch?Mildred may be the worst witch at the academy but she’s the best friend you could ever have. Millions of readers love her. And so will you . . .

The Worst Witch : 07 : Worst Witch and the Wishing Star

Owl Books — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 00:00:11 +0000

Be careful what you wish for! Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is possibly the worst ever trainee witch to darken the doors of Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches. Mildred makes a wish on a shooting star and to her great surprise it comes true! Mildred’s wish-come-true is a small dog but how can she keep him a secret from her friends, and especially the formidable Miss Hardbroom?

The Worst Witch and The Wishing Star is the seventh adventure in Jill Murphy’s hilarious Worst Witch series full of fun, magic and mayhem.

The Worst Witch : 08 : First Prize for the Worst Witch

Owl Books — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:30 +0000

The eighth and final adventure in the hilarious Worst Witch series.

“I am a hopeless case – everything I do always does go wrong in the end.”

Summer term has started at Miss Cackle’s Academy, and somehow disaster-prone Mildred Hubble has made it to Year Four without being expelled. Even though everyone knows her as the Worst Witch, she’s secretly set her sights on winning the school’s highest honour – that of Head Girl of Miss Cackle’s Academy.

Can she stay out of trouble and prove to everyone that even the worst witch can turn her fortunes around?

Not if her arch-enemy Ethel Hallow has anything to do with it…

‘The Worst Witch is back – and it’s as subtly feminist as ever’ – New Statesman