Jill Murphy: Last News

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterAmanda Holden has paid tribute to the author Jill Murphy, who wrote the successful The Worst Witch series. Jill tragically passed away at her family home in Cornwall this week after a lengthy battle with cancer.Amanda shared snap of herself in a witch's costume on-set for the TV adaptation of the book series.She joined the cast of the show back in 2016, playing Miss Pentagle.

CTAM and Common Sense Media have partnered on StreamSafely Summer Camp,, an online destination at StreamSafely.com where parents and kids can find safe, family-friendly programming without the risks that come with pirated content. The site includes a collection of 46 movies curated by the nonprofit Common Sense Media available through June, July and August, along with a checklist for parents on safe streaming.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Children’s literature loves few things as much as a mighty monster who remains, against all outward appearances, defiantly benign — one who sets out to soothe young nightmares after initially stoking them, ultimately proving that fears and anxieties aren’t limited to little folk. Boris, the cheerfully dorky title character in Ruth Stiles Gannett’s 1948 book “My Father’s Dragon,” is cut from the same soft felt as Frank L. Baum’s Cowardly Lion, Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant or Jill Murphy’s Worst Witch. A would-be flying fire-breather who hasn’t yet found his wings or his flames, he has even more growing up to do than fearful 10-year-old hero Elmer, and their mutual guilelessness sets the tone for Irish animator Nora Twomey’s winningly sweet-natured, visually transporting adaptation.

Jill also wrote a number of other picture books and novels.Her most recent was entitled Just One of Those Days and came out last year.Her agent and friend of more than 30 years, Pamela Todd also paid tribute in a statement.She said: "It's a sad day for children's books.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterChildren's author Jill Murphy has died at the age of 72 after a lengthy battle with cancer.The author, who was most known for her best selling books The Worst Witch, sadly passed away at her family home in Cornwall with her son Charlie and niece Isabelle by her side.Her son announced the news with a touching tribute to his talented mother, which read: "I feel beyond lucky to have had a mum like mine and it's impossible to summarise the ways her absence will be felt. "She had a depth of character, a warmth and a life force like no other.

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