Five children and It / E. Nesbit.
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TextSeries: Faber classicsPublisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2014Description: 263 pages ; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571314768Subject(s): Fairies -- Juvenile fiction | Wishes -- Juvenile fiction | Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910 -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction. DDC classification: 823.8 Summary: When five siblings Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother, the Lamb discover a sand-fairy in their gravel pit, they are jolly surprised and a little delighted. Even better, the Psammead is able to grant them wishes, although the magic wears off at the day's end. Unfortunately, all of the wishes the children make go hilariously wrong and they soon learn that their foolish desires are more likely to get them into trouble than get them what they want!
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First published: 1902.
Includes excerpt from: Five Children on the Western Front.
Ages 9+.
When five siblings Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother, the Lamb discover a sand-fairy in their gravel pit, they are jolly surprised and a little delighted. Even better, the Psammead is able to grant them wishes, although the magic wears off at the day's end. Unfortunately, all of the wishes the children make go hilariously wrong and they soon learn that their foolish desires are more likely to get them into trouble than get them what they want!
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