The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy or 'psammead' in a
gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that
lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences. Five
Children and It was first published in 1902, and it has remained in
print ever since. The Introduction to this edition examines
Nesbit's life and her reading, showing how she was poised between
the Victorian world and a new era in which children in literature
were no longer mere projections of the adult viewpoint. Sandra Kemp
examines how the narrative is structured around the acting out of
literary fantasies, which always come down to earth. Nesbit
combines wonderfully implausible events with the prosaic and
familiar, and Kemp illuminates her exploration of the shifting
relationship between imagination, literature, and life.
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