A fully illustrated picture book with all the excitement, adventure and magic of the stunning movie based on the children's literary classic by E. Nesbit. With full colour pictures throughout! A brand new picture book based on the magical movie! Cyril, known as Squirrel, Anthea, known as Panther, Robert, Jane and their baby brother Hilary, known always as the Lamb are the Five Children. Five siblings are sent to stay with their uncle in a strange house by the sea. There they meet eccentric Uncle, slightly crazy housekeeper Martha and evil scientist in the making, cousin Horace. While exploring, the children 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! Blending magic, fun and perilous exploits, this all-action adventure story proves that the magic of wishes isn't as strong as the power of family.
This book is part of a book series called Five Children And It .
There are 32 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
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.
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
