Mr Majeika is Class 3's new teacher at St Barty's and to Thomas and Melanie's delight - and to Hamish Bigmore's dismay - he's definitely no ordinary teacher. In fact Mr Majeika is a wizard from Walpurgis. As well as stories the book includes jokes, a boardgame, recipes and a coded message.
Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J.R.R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.