The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda Author:Christianna Brand, Edward Ardizzone (Illustrator) "Once upon a time there was a huge family of children; and they were terribly, terribly naughty."
So begins "Nurse Matilda", the first of three books about the no-nonsense nanny who uses magic to rein in the mischievous children in her charge -- and changes their lives for ever.