Book description
'Sometimes, ' whispered Jody. 'I think school dinners would be
alright if it wasn't for her.'
Mrs Chipchase, the nasty dinner lady, makes lunch hour at St Barty's
really unpleasant. That is, for everyone but her 'favourite friend',
Hamish Bigmore. Up to his usual tricks, Hamish is allowed to eat
chocolate instead of ghastly school dinners!
Mr Majeika decides it's time to sort out the menu...
Humphrey Carpenter worked at the BBC before becaming a full-time
writer in 1975. He was the author of 14 of the well-loved Mr Majeika
titles as well as two Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits titles for
children. He was also the co-author, with his wife Mari Prichard, of The
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. He was an eminent figure in
the world of adult literature and published award-winning biographies
including, among others, those of J. R. R Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, W. H.
Auden, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan. From 1994-1996 he directed
the Cheltenham Festival of Literature and for many years he ran a young
people's drama group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He wrote plays for
radio and theatre and was a regular contributor to the Guardian.
Humphrey passed away in January 2005.
