Five Children and It - Edith Nesbit

By Edith Nesbit

Release Date: 2018-10-27

Genre: Classics

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Five Children and It Edith Nesbit
The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy, a psammead, in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences. Never out of print since 1902. The Introduction to this edition examines Nesbit's life and her reading, showing the change in childrens' literature from Victorian times.

Five Children and It - Edith Nesbit

By Edith Nesbit

Release Date: 2018-10-27

Genre: Classics

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The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy, a psammead, in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences. Never out of print since 1902. The Introduction to this edition examines Nesbit's life and her reading, showing the change in childrens' literature from Victorian times.

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