Hubble's Bubble

The Hubbles’ Trilogy #1

by Elaine Horseman

Five children in an old Victorian house become involved in some extraordinary adventures when they begin dabbling with a found book of magic spells.

Genres: Middle Grade

220 pages

First published January 1, 1964

Reviews

[Charlotte]

I almost enjoyed this one lots, but I didn't like the two Hubble children enough to relax into the magical adventures; they were being rather awful to the three visiting children....(I read the second in the series first, and in that book the tensions that made the Hubble's less likeable had been resolved) Will read the third book if it falls into my lap, the way this one did (10 cents at the last day of a hugh library sale....)

[Debbie Ladeby]

I read this book as a child, and will always remember it as a favorite.

[Carol]

Giving this book 5 stars based on my childhood self reading it multiple times.

[Stella]

My favorite book, hasn’t changed since I was seven years old.

[Tuatara]

Vanha loitsukirja toimeliaiden lasten käsissä, eli toisin sanottuna hauska ja kevyt lastenkirja.

[Cynthia L'Hirondelle]

One of the first kids' books that I vividly remember reading. Along with the usual Bobbsey Twins (vaguely), Nancy Drew (had own copies), Hardy Boys (a few) and lots of Alfred Hitchcock collections of stories from the public library (but no Dahl, never came across his books in the school nor public library).

From a 1964 review in the Chicago Tribune (since I can't remember the plot): "A book of spells is un-earthed by a group of the kind of children who live in British storybooks and nowhere else. They turn themselves into cats and mice; they transform as snoopy neighbor into a toad; they fly thru the air with ease and aplomb; they nibble at time travel. But the sorcery is not from Alaric's cauldron. It is in the beautiful, quiet writing, the old cathedral close, the people who need no spells to be enchanted."

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/19...

[Kristiina]

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