The Worst Witch All at Sea

The fourth book in this series featuring witch-in-training Mildred Hubble, a most impetuous and clumsy girl, is not as good as the first book or the third, A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch. In the latter, Mildred rescues an enchanted frog; in this sequel, the rescued wizard Algernon Rowan-Webb treats Mildred and her entire class to a week by the seaside. For those familiar with English seaside holidays, you won’t be surprised to find the location grim and the weather dreadful. But, as you can imagine, Mildred manages to upset things before setting things right in the most surprising way. While not the best in the series, it was a cheery note in during coronavirus, exactly what I needed.

Getting awfully tiresome. Nobody ever learns anything. Including the reader, who does not learn why the girls like being treated worse than prisoners. Also, no diversity, though there's no reason, of setting or anything, for lack of it.

Rating : 4.0/5
Number in Series : #4
Reason for Reading : A bit of light reading

Worst Witch Mildred Hubble returns for another adventure. Miss Cackle (headmistress of Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches) wants Mildred to swap Tabby, her cat, for better behaved black cat Ebony which will also look better with the school colours.

On the upside Form Two led by Miss Hardbroom have been invited to spend a week's holiday at the seaside visiting magician Mr Rowan-Webb (Mildred rescued him from spending the rest of his life as a frog in A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch - book 3). He lives in Gloom Castle at Grim Cove and there is a tale of hidden treasure on Cat's Head Rock nearby. Things become complicated for Mildred when she secretly takes Tabby show more on holiday instead of Ebony. She has to hide him and secretly take him food.

This was a really fun book. I read the first three when I was a child and loved them. The illustrations are also by the author and are fantastically well done. It was lovely to revisit some characters from my childhood, especially as I am reading some heavy going books at the moment. I recommend this to anyone looking to escape for a couple of hours and anyone who has kids. show less

This was a trip back to the past for me. Loved reading the whole series when I was younger and love just the same now.

this book was really good one of the best books i have ever read so ill give it 5 stars.

I love this series of books.

I love this series of books.