![]() When a fearsome ghost wakes the three late at night, Meg's spell - "Helmet and shield / And 6 foot spear / Ghastly ghost / Please disappear" - transforms him into George the knight, and the foursome are soon involved in an all-out battle to defend the castle from an intruder.Īlthough I have enjoyed the Meg and Mog books, appreciating their combination of simple text and vivid illustrations, which I think admirably suited to entertain younger preschool children, I would not describe them, generally speaking, as witchy favorites. Originally published in 1975, this fifth entry in author Helen Nicoll and illustrator Jan Pieńkowski's witchy picture-book series follows Meg, Mog and Owl as they head off for a stay at a nearby castle. In addition to the MEG AND MOG series, Helen has a long and varied association with Puffin - as editor of the Junior Puffin magazine THE EGG from 1977 - 1979, as compiler of the popular children's poetry anthology POEMS FOR SEVEN YEAR OLDS AND UNDER, illustrated by Michael Foreman, and through her partnership with Puffin, the enormously popular series of Puffin Cover to Cover story tapes of which Helen is the Producer. The result is the immensely popular MEG AND MOG series. After working together for four years, they decided it was time to preserve their creativity in book form for future generations of children to enjoy. ![]() It was here, as Producer of the children's educational series WATCH, that she first met Jan Pienkowski. Helen Nicoll was a television producer with the BBC for many years. Helen Nicoll married Robert Kime in 1970 and they have one daughter and one son. She was educated at schools in Bristol Dartington Hall, Devon and Froebel Education Institute, London. Helen Nicoll was born in Natland, Westmorland, in 1937.
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