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Five Children and It (Paperback)
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Five Children and It (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R172
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Five Children and It (1902) is a children's fantasy novel by
English writer Edith Nesbit. The first book in Nesbit's beloved
Psammead trilogy-which also includes The Phoenix and the Carpet
(1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906)-Five Children and It is a
story of childish wonder, adventure, and the power of imagination.
Five siblings move with their parents from London to the English
countryside, where they adjust to the rhythms of rural life and
spend their days playing and exploring outside. One day, while
playing in a local gravel pit, they discover a strange creature
with the eyes of a snail, the ears of a bat, a spider-shaped body,
and the limbs of a monkey. Known as a Psammead, the being is a sand
fairy who grants the children one wish per day-while warning them
that whatever they wish for will turn to stone when the sun sets.
The children's fear quickly turns to wonder, and they begin to wish
for increasingly ambitious things: a pile of gold coins; the power
of flight; superhuman size; a castle. With each wish comes a
commensurate adventure, forcing the children to escape more and
more dangerous situations. As it grants the children wish after
wish, the initially cynical Psammead grows to appreciate their
vibrant imaginations and seemingly unquenchable passion for
adventure. Five Children and It is masterpiece of fantasy from
Edith Nesbit, one of the twentieth century's leading authors of
children's fiction. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Edith Nesbit's
Five Children and It is a classic of English children's literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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