One of the most dramatic moments in the book where as a reader you wonder has Mr Majeika taken it a step too far, is during a nature lesson where the class are learning about tadpoles and how they turn into frogs. My daughter (age 6) is working her way through this series at the moment and thoroughly enjoying them.

Mr Majeika is the first book in a series of books that revolves around an extraordinary teacher with magical powers. Within this creepy hotel some very spooky things starts to happen and immediately captures the reader’s attention. Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but sometimes he just doesn’t want to… What with a wizard for a teacher and a magic-carpet ride to Buckingham Palace, one thing’s for sure: with Mr Majeika in charge, there’s never a dull moment for Class Three! He loved the magic in a school setting, and what Mr Majeika's class had to do to help their teacher put right some spells he needed help reversing.Mr Majeika is the title of a series of children's books, written by Humphrey Carpenter and published between 1984 and 2006. They could imagine what would happen if they had a magician for a teacher and the adventures they may have. While I can't read these pages with the same boundless enthusiasm as when I was eight years old, I do appreciate Carpenter's storytelling style far better. This time there's a trip down a magic river, a battle to save St Barty's from the wrecking ball, and work experience for Class Three.

But Mr Majeika's magic saves the day, Class Three and the circus end up on the news and once again Mr Potter, the headmaster, misses it all! Majeika is an irrepressible wizard sent to "Britland" from the planet Walpurgis because he failed his O-level sorcery exam for the seventeenth time. Mr Majeika,the School Trip,Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book,the Ghost Train, the Dinner Lady, the School Caretaker, the Music Teacher, the Haunted Hotel, the School Book Week, the Internet,. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. In the first book his arrival at the school sees him flying into Class Three through the window on a magic carpet.A recurring character is Wilhelmina Worlock, a witch who first appeared as a music teacher and has turned up regularly since in various disguises. With Mr Majeika in charge, suddenly life at school become much more exciting" there's even a magic-carpet ride to Buckingham Palace! We work closely with publishers and authors to ensure that we offer the best books on the market for your child. This does not mean that this book is not applicable for children in key stage 1, particularly those that may be in a high ability reading group. These are lovely classic, harmless stories that are playful and fun for kids to read and don't use complex language, so they're very easy reads.