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Bedknob and Broomstick

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A duology of children's fantasy novels by Mary Norton (who also wrote The Borrowers).

The individual novels are The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons and Bonfires and Broomsticks. They are commonly republished in a single volume as Bedknob and Broomstick.[1]

The series inspired the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

Tropes used in Bedknob and Broomstick include:


  • Apothecary Alligator: Miss Price's workroom includes "a small stuffed alligator, which hung by two wires from the ceiling."
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"What are alligators used for, Miss Price?" asked Paul.
Again Miss Price's long training in truthfulness overcame her longing to impress. "Nothing much," she said. "They're out of date now. I like to have it there for the look of it."

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  • Blitz Evacuees: Uses the "host family is magic" variant to start the plot. Some kids orphaned in the Blitz are sent to the country, and find out they're living with a witch in training.
  • Time Travel
  • We Have Those, Too: One of the children tries to scare a cannibal native into letting them go by showing him matches. Unfortunately, they've already got those.


  1. ↑ The spelling of "Bedknob", "Bed Knob" or "Bed-knob" varies by edition; we're sticking with the non-hyphenated spelling here because that's how TVT decided to go with it.
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