As a rule, magic carpets dont turn up in schools, but this is exactly what
happens when Class Threes new teacher flies in through the classroom window
and lands on the floor with a bump.

Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but
something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he
uses a little magic to turn him into a frog. And to everyones delight it looks
as if Hamish will have to remain a frog because Mr Majeika cant remember the
spell to turn him back again! With Mr Majeika in charge, suddenly life at
school become much more exciting theres even a magic-carpet ride to
Buckingham Palace!

About the Author
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 Childrens
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 peoples drama group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He wrote
plays for radio and theatre and was a regular contributor to the Guardian.
Humphrey died in January 2005.