ISBN: 0510160034

Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was first published as a book in 1902, having been expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Mag… Mehr…

Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was first published as a book in 1902, having been expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts. It is the first volume of a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906). The book has never been out of print since its initial publication.Like Nesbit's The Railway Children, the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb – are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead or sand-fairy, who has the ability to grant wishes. He persuades the children to take one wish each day to be shared among them, with the caveat that the wishes will turn to stone at sunset. This, apparently, used to be the rule in the Stone Age, when all that children wished for was food, the bones of which then became fossils. The five children's first wish is to be "as beautiful as the day". The wish ends at sunset and its effects simply vanish, leading the Psammead to observe that some wishes are too fanciful to be changed to stone. action and adventure,children's,children's books,classics,fantasy,fantasy and magic,literature and fiction,science fiction and fantasy,6 - 8 years,9 - 12 years Fantasy, Ernest Benn Ltd<

ISBN: 0510160034

Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was first published as a book in 1902, having been expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Mag… Mehr…

Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was first published as a book in 1902, having been expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts. It is the first volume of a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906). The book has never been out of print since its initial publication.Like Nesbit's The Railway Children, the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb – are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead or sand-fairy, who has the ability to grant wishes. He persuades the children to take one wish each day to be shared among them, with the caveat that the wishes will turn to stone at sunset. This, apparently, used to be the rule in the Stone Age, when all that children wished for was food, the bones of which then became fossils. The five children's first wish is to be "as beautiful as the day". The wish ends at sunset and its effects simply vanish, leading the Psammead to observe that some wishes are too fanciful to be changed to stone. action and adventure,children's,children's books,classics,fantasy,fantasy and magic,fiction,history,literary,literary criticism Teen & Young Adult, Ernest Benn Ltd<

ISBN: 0510160034

Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was first published as a book in 1902, having been expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Mag… Mehr…

Five Children and It is a children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was first published as a book in 1902, having been expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts. It is the first volume of a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906). The book has never been out of print since its initial publication.Like Nesbit's The Railway Children, the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb – are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead or sand-fairy, who has the ability to grant wishes. He persuades the children to take one wish each day to be shared among them, with the caveat that the wishes will turn to stone at sunset. This, apparently, used to be the rule in the Stone Age, when all that children wished for was food, the bones of which then became fossils. The five children's first wish is to be "as beautiful as the day". The wish ends at sunset and its effects simply vanish, leading the Psammead to observe that some wishes are too fanciful to be changed to stone. action and adventure,children's,children's books,classics,fantasy,fantasy and magic,fiction,history,literary,literary criticism Fantasy, Ernest Benn Ltd<

1978, ISBN: 9780510160036

Ernest Benn Ltd London 1960. ex lib, minimal markings, 255pp foldout map at rear, maps, VG+(v sl bruised upper corners) d/w VG+(sl wear/tears at extremities, v sl rubbed), Ernest Benn Lt… Mehr…

Ernest Benn Ltd London 1960. ex lib, minimal markings, 255pp foldout map at rear, maps, VG+(v sl bruised upper corners) d/w VG+(sl wear/tears at extremities, v sl rubbed), Ernest Benn Ltd London 1960, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Ernest Benn Limited. Very Good+; Tiny ding to top edge of rear board. ; Gloss pictorial boards, . nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Illustrated throughout by H R . Millar's original 1902 line drawings. Cover artwork by Jael Jordan. 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. First Printing; B&W Illustrations; 253 pages; The Psammead, a grumpy sand-fairy, grants wishes to the five children who unearth him in a gravel pit. But the wishes never quite turn out as expected, usually with hilarious consequences. ; 0510160034 ., Ernest Benn Limited, 1978<

ISBN: 0510160034

Gebundene Ausgabe, [EAN: 9780510160036], Ernest Benn Ltd, Ernest Benn Ltd, Book, [PU: Ernest Benn Ltd], Ernest Benn Ltd, 62283011, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magie, 62280011, Science Fic… Mehr…

Gebundene Ausgabe, [EAN: 9780510160036], Ernest Benn Ltd, Ernest Benn Ltd, Book, [PU: Ernest Benn Ltd], Ernest Benn Ltd, 62283011, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magie, 62280011, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Krimis & Horror, 62238011, Romane & Erzählungen, 61180011, Kinderbücher, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<