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    <body><![CDATA[Somehow, I never read this book in my youth -- despite a tremendous fondness for the Disney film based upon it.  The book and the film are quite different from one another, which is probably not two surprising.<br/><br/>&quot;Bed-Knob and Broomstick&quot; is actually two separate but related books...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45409668">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Aidan didn't want to read this one, so I did.  I loved the Disney movie, so I thought I'd check out the book.  After reading a few of the Fablehaven and Percy Jackson books (I like to know what my son is reading), I was really disappointed with this one.  Lots of things have changed in the 60+ years...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62826524">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my all-time favorite Disney movies.  I was delighted to learn that I had the book on which the movie was based.  Then I read it.  For one of the few times I can recall, I thought the book was vastly inferior to the movie.  (Lord of the Rings movies were the other notable times, along ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75077463">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book a lot, but it was a little bit hard for the kids to understand because of the time and setting.  There were just old terms that even I didn't recognize, so we had to stop over and over because the kids would get lost.  In the end, the kids really liked it, but I would wait til th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56442346">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is almost completely unlike the movie in particulars, but can still be described as a book about three English children who find a rather prudish witch who grants them a magic bed-knob as a gift.<br/><br/>I enjoyed it.  There's lots more time travel and brushes with tragedy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is so funny- and absolutely made to be read aloud. unfortunately, like many children's books of a certain era (especially british ones) there's a certain amount of racism not too well hidden.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't remember this book too well, but I know that between this and the picture-book &quot;Bed Book&quot; I really wanted a flying bed as a child. Life is full of disappointments.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: CAREY, CHARLES ANDPAUL KNEW THAT MISS PRICE HAD HURT HER ANKLE FALLING OFF A BROOMSTICK, SO TO PERSUADE THEM TO KEEP HER SECRET SHECAST A SPELL ON PAUL'S BEDKNOB. HE HAD ONLY TO TWISTIT AND IT TOOK THEM WHEREVER THEY WANTED TO GO - EVEN INTO THE PAST] NO SPELL COULD HAVE BEEN MORE EXCITING, OR HAD MORE UNEXPECTED RESULTS. contents of this vol formerly published as 2 - the magic bedknobs &amp; bonfires andbroomsticks. this edn. is revised and re-illustrated. the magic bedknob first pub'd by dent 1947. bonfires and broomsticks by dent 1947. puffin books 1970. author died 1992 (js 22/1/93).]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read during the summer...one of the last that my mom read aloud to us. We had the book from the library at first-who knows what edition. It was great fun at the time.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Magical books were a mainstay of my childhood and this nook is no exception.  Three children befriend a spinster in the country who turns out to be more interesting than she might initially appear.  She makes a magical bed-knob for them that allows them to use a bed to travel through space and time....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24124625">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a proper lady named Ms. Price is actually a witch and gives three kids a magic bed for them to still fly in it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the movie. It was really funny. I assume the book is similar.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Carey, Charles and Paul knew that Miss Price had hurt her ankle falling off a broomstick, so to persuade them to keep her secret she cast a spell on Paul's bedknob. He had only to twist it and it took them wherever they wanted to go - even into the past. No spell could have been more exciting, or had more unexpected results. Contents of this volume formerly published as 2 separate titles - <em>The Magic Bedknob</em> and <em>Bonfires and Broomsticks</em>.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I read this at Sweeney's house, possible had it read to me by Ruth.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Appealing premise and a fine start, but climax of the story on an island full of &quot;cannibals&quot; has not aged well. Not recommended.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton (2001)]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Carey, Charles and Paul knew that Miss Price had hurt her ankle falling off a broomstick, so to persuade them to keep her secret she cast a spell on Paul's bedknob. He had only to twist it and it took them wherever they wanted to go - even into the past. No spell could have been more exciting, or had more unexpected results. Contents of this volume formerly published as 2 separate titles - <em>The Magic Bedknob</em> and <em>Bonfires and Broomsticks</em>.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[a wonderful classic. a great short read.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: CAREY, CHARLES ANDPAUL KNEW THAT MISS PRICE HAD HURT HER ANKLE FALLING OFF A BROOMSTICK, SO TO PERSUADE THEM TO KEEP HER SECRET SHECAST A SPELL ON PAUL'S BEDKNOB. HE HAD ONLY TO TWISTIT AND IT TOOK THEM WHEREVER THEY WANTED TO GO - EVEN INTO THE PAST] NO SPELL COULD HAVE BEEN MORE EXCITING, OR HAD MORE UNEXPECTED RESULTS. contents of this vol formerly published as 2 - the magic bedknobs &amp; bonfires andbroomsticks. this edn. is revised and re-illustrated. the magic bedknob first pub'd by dent 1947. bonfires and broomsticks by dent 1947. puffin books 1970. author died 1992 (js 22/1/93).]]>
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    <![CDATA[Carey, Charles and Paul knew that Miss Price had hurt her ankle falling off a broomstick, so to persuade them to keep her secret she cast a spell on Paul's bedknob. He had only to twist it and it took them wherever they wanted to go - even into the past. No spell could have been more exciting, or had more unexpected results. Contents of this volume formerly published as 2 separate titles - <em>The Magic Bedknob</em> and <em>Bonfires and Broomsticks</em>.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, it is painfully obvious that my taste in stories has changed as I have aged. I see reviews here of people saying &quot;this is hilarious&quot; or &quot;really cute&quot;, but I don't think we must be reading the same book. I find it tedious and the characters are morons. I gave it 3 stars only...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51762181">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ When Miss Price falls off her broomstick it's the start of an amazing adventure for Carey, Charles and Paul.  Their summer holiday suddenly takes on a new turn when Miss Price, who is learning to be a witch, casts a spell on their brass bedknob so that its magic can whisk them off anywhere they want.    <p>Their night-time travels lead the children into all sorts of unexpected adventures - including a trip back in time.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had seen the movei before I read the book and having loved the movie, was delighted to find the book. And I loved it, absolutely loved it. I have a soft spot for the late 30's and early 40's and this combined with the fantasical world that the children enter was just 'magical' to me. Probably hard...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12229898">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Carey, Charles and Paul knew that Miss Price had hurt her ankle falling off a broomstick, so to persuade them to keep her secret she cast a spell on Paul's bedknob. He had only to twist it and it took them wherever they wanted to go - even into the past. No spell could have been more exciting, or had more unexpected results. Contents of this volume formerly published as 2 separate titles - <em>The Magic Bedknob</em> and <em>Bonfires and Broomsticks</em>.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A delightful childrens book. Takes the reader on the whimsical journeys of Mrs. Price, a self proclaimed ametur witch,and three children, Carey, Charles and Paul,]]></body>
    
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