Bella Broomstick: 1

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I am so glad you like the fish finger poster. When I do school visits, children often come up with brilliant ideas of things they could measure themselves in. Chocolate biscuits is one of my favourites … but I don’t think I could be trusted not to eat a few while I was doing the counting! Ants are another good one, but it might take a while to train them all to stand in a nice neat line while you measured yourself against them. Perhaps they would have to balance on each other’s shoulders. If ants have shoulders …? Either way, it would take a lot of ant training! Maybe spaghetti would be easier. But should it be cooked or raw? I thought this was a good book and I like the characters and my favourite one was the skeleton witch teacher.

Bella Broomstick - Penguin Random House

Welcome to Mum Friendly, a place where I review things. There'll be features and all sorts in here, mostly written by Jo, but occasionally others. I have one child, and tend to write about things we've experienced. For more information about us, head here. Search for: It Was Written In The Past… It Was Written In The Past… Everything Has Its Place Everything Has Its Place People Stopped By… Writing about a witch was wonderfully liberating for my plot, as I always had that extra element of magic to play with. And with magic comes chaos …. If spells made things better they would be no fun for the writer or the reader. But, nine times out of ten, no matter how well-meaning, magic ups the stakes and makes things far worse than they were before. Once you take a vanishing potion; for instance, you can’t just stop being invisible when it suits you. H loves Lou Kuenzler’s books. She discovered Shrinking Violet Really Loves Ancient Egypt on a trip to the British Museum, and now has the whole set. She also has all four Princess Disgrace books – and loves them all. What I like the most about Lou’s books are the way they’re laid out – they were great at encouraging H to read expression aloud which I think is really important when a child learns to read – especially in longer books. I love writing books. I get to sit at my big red desk (with my dog by my feet and my two cats peering over the top of the computer – they think they are very helpful). Then I just make stuff up all day long – it is like playing the best imaginary game ever … and I get to share it with readers and see my books for sale in the shops. I am hopeless at drawing, so other people always do brilliant illustrations for me. That is one of the most exciting bits … seeing how somebody else imagines the characters might look. Now, I can’t think of Violet or Grace or Bella looking any other way. Sometimes being true to yourself is the most bewitching magic of all! This young middle-grade series is hilarious, enchanting, and filled with mischief! Perfect for fans of The Worst Witch!

This was an amazing book! I loved the chatty way the book was written and I really liked the drawings. I liked the storyline too and the moral was important: love is the best magic. My favourite character is Bella, she's kind-hearted and brave- I would want to be friends with her! Definitely recommend! I'm the original user, Jax Blunt. I've been blogging for 20 years, give or take, and if you want to know me, read me :)

Bella Broomstick Series by Lou Kuenzler - Goodreads

This book is about a witch who has an aunt that won’t let her sleep she keeps waking her up in the night and telling her that she is a bad witch and will never be any good at doing spells. The witch is good at speaking to animals. But when nasty Piers Seymour is mean to her new friend Esme, she is tempted to use her magical powers to teach Piers a lesson. However, the arrival of one hundred and one magic rabbits has disastrous consequences that only Bella can sort out… I would recommend this book to people my own age because I think they will enjoy it just as much as what I have done. Thank you so much for asking me these brilliant questions, H. I hope you find the answers helpful. You have really made me think!Earth and Wheat - Bread Waste Made For Me - Mum Friendly on Splosh – It’s a New Way to think About Cleaning I would recommend this book to someone who loves cats and adventure books, someone like me! The book’s cover attracted me due to the bright colours and I really enjoyed reading about Bella and her adventures! Thank you for my Shrinking Violet poster and things, I love them! I am thirteen fish fingers tall! Do you have any more Shrinking Violet books planned? Follow Bella’s magical, funny adventures as she tries to make sense of life in Merrymeet Village alongside Rascal, the mischievous kitten, always ready to lend a paw.