Meg and Mog

Name: Meg and Mog
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

by Helen Nicoll, illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski

Interest age: 2 to 5
Reading age: 7+

Published by Puffin, 1972

Classics
Picture books

About this book

In this, the first story about much-loved characters Meg the witch and Mog her cat, the pair go off to a wild Hallowe'en party with all the other witches. But will the party go off with a BANG?

Jan Pienkowski's simple, bold and bright illustrations make this a perfect book for toddlers, who will love exploring all the colours, sounds and shapes.

About the author

Helen Nicoll was born in Natland, Westmorland, in 1937. She was educated at schools in Bristol, Devon and London. Nicoll married Robert Kime in 1970 and they had one daughter and one son.

In addition to the Meg and Mog series, Helen had a long and varied association with Puffin - as editor of the Junior Puffin magazine The Egg from 1977 - 1979, and as compiler of the popular children's poetry anthology Poems for Seven Year Olds and Under, illustrated by Michael Foreman. She owned and ran the audio company Cover to Cover for many years which produced the popular series of Puffin story tapes.

Helen lived in Marlborough, Wiltshire. She died on September 30, 2012.