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The entrancing combination of magic with the everyday trials of childhood. 'It' is a Psammead, an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them a wish a day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing.
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She's the children's writer with whom I most identify. (J. K. Rowling in "O, The Oprah Magazine")
Shes the childrens writer with whom I most identify. (J. K. Rowling in "O, The Oprah Magazine")
Sheas the childrenas writer with whom I most identify. (J. K. Rowling in "O, The Oprah Magazine")
She s the children s writer with whom I most identify. (J. K. Rowling in "O, The Oprah Magazine")
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Shes the childrens writer with whom I most identify. (J. K. Rowling in "O, The Oprah Magazine")
Sheas the childrenas writer with whom I most identify. (J. K. Rowling in "O, The Oprah Magazine")
She s the children s writer with whom I most identify. (J. K. Rowling in "O, The Oprah Magazine")
Winner of the 2012 Fifty Books/Fifty Covers show, organized by Design Observer in association with AIGA and Designers & Books Winner of the 2014 Type Directors Club Communication Design Award Praise for Penguin Drop Caps: "[Penguin Drop Caps] convey a sense of nostalgia for the tactility and aesthetic power of a physical book and for a centuries-old tradition of beautiful lettering."
--Fast Company "Vibrant, minimalist new typographic covers.... Bonus points for the heartening gender balance of the initial selections."
--Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "The Penguin Drop Caps series is a great example of the power of design. Why buy these particular classics when there are less expensive, even free editions of Great Expectations? Because they're beautiful objects. Paul Buckley and Jessica Hische's fresh approach to the literary classics reduces the design down to typography and color. Each cover is foil-stamped with a cleverly illustrated letterform that reveals an element of the story. Jane Austen's A (Pride and Prejudice) is formed by opulent peacock feathers and Charlotte Bronte's B (Jane Eyre) is surrounded by flames. The complete set forms a rainbow spectrum prettier than anything else on your bookshelf."
--Rex Bonomelli, The New York Times "Drool-inducing."
--Flavorwire "Classic reads in stunning covers--your book club will be dying."
--Redbook
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit, in a beautiful new edition of the classic story, published simultaneously with Kate Saunders' stunning sequel, Five Children on the Western Front.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140867287
- ISBN 13 9780140867282
- BindingAudio Cassette
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Book Description Audio Book (Cassette). Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Read by Samantha Bond, 2 Cassette, Penguin Children's Audiobooks, 1998. The plastic case is intact. The artwork is complete and both cassettes have been tested. Sent within 24 hours. Ref: B318. Seller Inventory # JSB-B-318
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