Badjelly The Witch: A Fairy Story
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In a land where danger wears a pointed hat and rides a broomstick through the stormy night sky, siblings Tim and Rose venture deep into the dark forest in search of their lost cow, only to fall into the clutches of Badjelly — the most dreadful, wart-covered, child-eating witch in all the land. Written by the legendary comic genius Spike Milligan, Badjelly the Witch: A Fairy Story is a riotous, anarchic children's classic that subverts the traditional fairy tale with gleeful, surreal abandon, populated by dragons, wolves, and the sort of wonderfully ridiculous magic that only Milligan could conjure. Milligan's signature brand of absurdist humour — honed through decades of groundbreaking comedy — infuses every page with wit, wordplay, and a delightful disregard for convention, making this as entertaining for adults reading aloud as it is for wide-eyed children listening. First published in 1973 and originally told to his own children, the story carries an irresistible warmth beneath its comic chaos, cementing its place as a beloved treasure of British children's literature. Will Tim and Rose outwit the wicked Badjelly, or will they end up as her next meal? The answer is as wonderfully unpredictable as Milligan himself.
Author: Spike Milligan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, M&J Hobbs in association with Michael Joseph
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In a land where danger wears a pointed hat and rides a broomstick through the stormy night sky, siblings Tim and Rose venture deep into the dark forest in search of their lost cow, only to fall into the clutches of Badjelly — the most dreadful, wart-covered, child-eating witch in all the land. Written by the legendary comic genius Spike Milligan, Badjelly the Witch: A Fairy Story is a riotous, anarchic children's classic that subverts the traditional fairy tale with gleeful, surreal abandon, populated by dragons, wolves, and the sort of wonderfully ridiculous magic that only Milligan could conjure. Milligan's signature brand of absurdist humour — honed through decades of groundbreaking comedy — infuses every page with wit, wordplay, and a delightful disregard for convention, making this as entertaining for adults reading aloud as it is for wide-eyed children listening. First published in 1973 and originally told to his own children, the story carries an irresistible warmth beneath its comic chaos, cementing its place as a beloved treasure of British children's literature. Will Tim and Rose outwit the wicked Badjelly, or will they end up as her next meal? The answer is as wonderfully unpredictable as Milligan himself.