Book description
All is not well at StregaSchloss, home of the bizarre but lovable
Strega-Borgia clan. Mum's attempts to improve her witchcraft skills
are failing miserably. Dad has stormed out in a fit of pique. Titus is
virtually umbilically attached to his computer. Pandora is seriously
bored. And Baby Damp is getting her fat little fingers into everything around.
Enter wonder-nanny Mrs McLachlan - she'll soon sort out the
Strega-Borgia children, and their parents too, but will she cope with
the presence of mythical beasts in the basement, to say nothing of the
unexpected arrival of four hit-men, including one in a rabbit suit?
Debi Gliori is the author and illustrator of many books for children,
including the very popular Mr Bear series. She won the Children's Book
Award picture book section, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway
Medal in 1997. Her backlist in Doubleday/Corgi includes TELL ME
SOMETHING HAPPY BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP and THE VERY SMALL. PURE DEAD
MAGIC, the start of a trilogy, was her first novel. The second part,
PURE DEAD WICKED was published in April 2002. Debi lives in Scotland,
near Edinburgh.
