Book description
The much-loved tale of how a brother and sister seek to escape the
clutches of an evil witch and her enchanted house. But the witch is
hungry and she's not willing to let them go that easily . . .
This story is a magic bean. It may not look much like a bean, but I
can promise you that it is. For if you plant it in a young mind, it
will grow into a love of story and reading. These beans are favourite
fairytales and legends that will delight, thrill and thoroughly
entertain. Each story has been brilliantly crafted by one of the
best-loved writers for children.
This story was published by David Fickling Books as part of the
Magic Beans anthology. The complete anthology is available in hardback
and in ebook format.
Henrietta Branford was born in India in 1946 but grew up in a remote
part of the New Forest. Her first novel,
Royal Blunder
, was published in 1990. After that she wrote many different sorts of
books, from picture books to teenage novels, including
Dimanche
Diller
(Smarties Prize and the Prix Tam-Tam) and
Fire, Bed and Bone
(Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). After her death in 1997 a prize
was established to commemorate her and her editor Wendy Boase - the
Branford Boase Award for a first novel.
