Bonfires and Broomsticks
Bonfires and Broomsticks is a 1947 children's book by Mary Norton. Parts of the book were adapted into the 1971 Disney movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Synopsis. Two years after the events of "The Magic Bed Knob", Carey, Charles, and Paul convince their mother to let them stay with Miss Price again. Using the bed knob, they travel back in time to the reign of Charles II, where they meet a friendly necromancer called Emilius and bring him back with them.