Bonfires and Broomsticks is a 1947 children's book by
Mary Norton. Parts of the book were adapted into the 1971 Disney movie ''
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' is a 1971 American live-action animated musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Bill Walsh for Walt Disney Productions. It is loosely based upon the books '' The Magic Bedknob; or, How to ...
''.
Synopsis
Two years after the events of ''
The Magic Bedknob'', Carey, Charles, and Paul convince their mother to let them stay with Miss Price again. Using the bed knob, they travel back in time to the reign of
Charles II, where they meet a friendly
necromancer
Necromancy () is the practice of magic or black magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions, or by resurrection for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future even ...
called Emilius and bring him back with them.
Omnibus
The book and its 1944 predecessor were combined into the omnibus ''Bedknob and Broomstick'' in 1957, illustrated by
Erik Blegvad.
References
1947 children's books
1947 British novels
1947 fantasy novels
British children's novels
British novels adapted into films
Fiction about alchemy
Fiction set in 1942
1947 debut novels
Children's fantasy novels
Novels about time travel
J. M. Dent books
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