FIVE CHILDREN AND IT: 1 (Faber Children's Classics) - Softcover

Nesbit, E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571314767 ISBN 13: 9780571314768

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2014

Synopsis

When five siblings - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother, the Lamb - discover a sand-fairy in their gravel pit, they are jolly surprised and a little delighted. Even better, the Psammead is able to grant them wishes, although the magic wears off at the day's end. Unfortunately, all of the wishes the children make go hilariously wrong and they soon learn that their foolish desires are more likely to get them into trouble than get them what they want!

Five Children and It has been loved by children - and their parents - for over a hundred years. And Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and Lamb will continue to be loved, with the appearance of Kate Saunders' Five Children on the Western Front, an epic, heart-wrenching follow on from Five Children and It and the Psammead trilogy.

About this title

Review:

"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 in her day." --J. K. Rowling

"She speaks to the reader, and it's almost as if though you could hear her voice." --Quentin Blake

"Stunning...these covers just draw you in and the books themselves feel good in your hand." --ShelfTalker

Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0571314767
• ISBN 13: 9780571314768
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288