Billy Wizard

Chris Priestley author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:6th Oct '05

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Billy Wizard cover

A perfect, funny school story which will charm newly confident readers.

The first day at a new school is often tricky, and if the only person who befriends you claims to be a wizard you simply have to make the best of it! Joe is pretty certain that Billy has, as the teacher says, just got an over-active imagination but when he witnesses some pretty odd events at playtime, he's not quite so sure...

The first day at a new school is often tricky, and if the only person who befriends you claims to be a wizard you simply have to make the best of it! Joe is pretty certain that Billy has, as the teacher says, just got an over-active imagination but when he witnesses some pretty odd events at playtime, he's not quite so sure...


This is a really engaging book for newly confident readers, which perfectly captures the way young children speak and behave, in the classroom, the playground and at home. It's a refreshing new take both on bullying and on magic.

A sensitive story about finding your feet and coping with aggression, and particularly notable for the depiction of father-son bonding * TES Teacher *
Author and illustrator Priestly explores sensitively, and with well judged humour, the developing friendship of Joe and Billy . . . This is a tale of evolving friendship told with warmth * Books for Keeps *
Sure to strike a chord . . . [Chris Priestley's] wry observation that it's not just children who can be bashful hits home too * Junior Education *
Entertaining and amusing * Carousel *
An interesting, pacey story * Primary Times *

ISBN: 9780552546898

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 7mm

Weight: 74g

96 pages