Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
"Five Children and It" by E. Nesbit is a fantasy children's novel published in 1902. When five siblings discover a grumpy, ancient sand-fairy called the Psammead in a gravel pit, they're granted one wish per day—but there's a catch. Each wish vanishes at sunset, and every desire goes hilariously and dangerously wrong. From unrecognizable beauty to unwanted riches, from inconvenient wings to a besieged castle, the children learn that getting what you
wish for isn't always what you want. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924 |
|---|---|
| Title | Five Children and It |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 89.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Siblings -- Fiction |
| Subject | Wishes -- Fiction |
| Subject | Fairies -- Fiction |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 778 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1997 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 10, 2018 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 579 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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