An enchanting classic by 'Railway Children' author, Edith Nesbit. This magical edition for 2004 features a beautiful newly illustrated cover plus 8 pages of stunning full colour pictures from the new film based on the original story. Cyril, known as Squirrel, Anthea, known as Panther, Robert, Jane and their baby brother Hilary, known always as the Lamb are the Five Children. This, the author's original, classic work is the tale of five siblings who are sent to stay with their uncle in a strange house by the sea. There they meet Uncle, housekeeper Martha and cousin Horace. While exploring, they dig up an ill-tempered, mischievous 8,000 year-old Psammead, or sand fairy, who reluctantly grants them one wish a day. But the consequences are never quite what the children intended!
This book is part of a book series called Five Children And It .
There are 264 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2004 by HarperCollins Publishers .
The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.
This book contains the following story:
Five Children and It
'Don't you know a sand-fairy when you see one?'. I dare say you have often thought about what you would do if you were granted three wishes. The five children - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother - had often talked about it but when they are faced with the grumpy sand-fairy they find it difficult to make up their minds. And that is just the beginning of their dilemmas. As they discover, there is nothing quite like a wish for getting you into terrible trouble.
This book features the following characters:
Lamb
This book features the character Lamb.
Robert
This book features the character Robert.
Cyril
This book features the character Cyril.
Psammead
This book features the character Psammead.
E Nesbit
This book features the character E Nesbit.
Anthea
This book features the character Anthea.
Jane
This book features the character Jane.
"The author with whom I identify most is E. Nesbit. She did some great, funny fairy tales." JK Rowling
