Five Children and It

Edith Nesbit

ISBN 10: 1853261246 / ISBN 13: 9781853261244

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999

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: Cinco niños descubren a una criatura mágica en un pozo de arena, un psammead, que puede concederles un deseo al día. Sin embargo, los deseos solo duran hasta la puesta de sol, lo que a menudo lleva a consecuencias inesperadas y cómicas. A través de sus aventuras, los niños aprenden valiosas lecciones sobre la responsabilidad y las consecuencias de sus acciones. EAN: 9781853261244 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Fantasía|Infantil y Juvenil|Literatura y Ficción Título: Five Children and It Autor: Edith Nesbit Editorial: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 192 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Five Children and It
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853261246
• ISBN 13: 9781853261244
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Muy bueno

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Synopsis

Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes… it had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider's and covered with thick, soft fur… and it had hands and feet like a monkey's.

‘It’ was the Psammead, the grumpy sand-fairy that could, if in the mood, grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail. Golden guineas are too difficult to spend, wings let them down in a most inconvenient way, and when they wish for Red Indians, the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike.

Generations of children have come to love the fantasy and the whimsy of the stories in the classic book from the author of The Railway Children.

About the Author

EDITH NESBIT was a mischievous child who grew up into an unconventional adult. With her husband, Hubert Bland, she was one of the founder members of the socialist Fabian Society; their household became a centre of the socialist and literary circles of the times. E. Nesbit turned late to children's writing. Her first children's book, THE TREASURE SEEKERS, was published in 1899 to great acclaim. Other books featuring the Bastable children followed, and a series of magical fantasy books, including FIVE CHILDREN AND IT also became very popular. THE RAILWAY CHILDREN was first published monthly in the LONDON MAGAZINE in 1905, and published as a book in 1906 and has been in print ever since.