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Description for Five Children and It
Paperback. 'I love E. Nesbit - I think she is great and I identify with the way that she writes. Her children are very real children and she was quite a groundbreaker' - J. K. Rowling Series: The Psammead Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 126. .
'I love her books - particularly the Five Children and It sequence' - Neil Gaiman Digging in the gravel pit on a hot summer's day, five children discover 'it': a grumpy creature with eyes like a snail's, ears like a bat's, and a tubby body all covered in fur. 'It' is a Psammead, an ancient sand-fairy who has the power to grant the children one wish a day. That, you might think, would be a dream come true! But you need to be very careful what you wish for: whether it's for wings, treasure or beauty, ... Read more
'I love her books - particularly the Five Children and It sequence' - Neil Gaiman Digging in the gravel pit on a hot summer's day, five children discover 'it': a grumpy creature with eyes like a snail's, ears like a bat's, and a tubby body all covered in fur. 'It' is a Psammead, an ancient sand-fairy who has the power to grant the children one wish a day. That, you might think, would be a dream come true! But you need to be very careful what you wish for: whether it's for wings, treasure or beauty, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Series
The Psammead Series
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349009353
SKU
9780349009353
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Ref
99-3
About E. Nesbit
E. Nesbit (Author) Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) is perhaps most famous for writing The Railway Children and Five Children and It, but she was extremely prolific and wrote or collaborated on more than sixty children's books. Nesbit is today recognised as one of the most influential and innovative children's writers that ever lived, and is cited as an ... Read more
Reviews for Five Children and It
My all-time favourite classic children's author
Jacqueline Wilson
The cheerful, child-centred anarchy of Five Children and It is still my inspiration and delight
Kate Saunders
Guardian
If Britain is to children's fantasy as Brazil is to football, then Edith Nesbit is our Pele - endlessly surprising and inventive. But she is more than that. There ... Read more
Jacqueline Wilson
The cheerful, child-centred anarchy of Five Children and It is still my inspiration and delight
Kate Saunders
Guardian
If Britain is to children's fantasy as Brazil is to football, then Edith Nesbit is our Pele - endlessly surprising and inventive. But she is more than that. There ... Read more