ISBN10: 0563360658, ISBN13: 9780563360650, [publisher: BBC Books, London] Hardcover First Edition A firm straight book, owner's details on front blank endpaper, otherwise about as new. Dust jacket as new. Just out of long-term storage, appears unread.
[Skipton, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1990]
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ISBN10: 1952410983, ISBN13: 9781952410987, [publisher: Canonball Books] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Don't you know a Sand-fairy when you see one 'It looked so grieved and hurt that Jane hastened to say, 'Of course I see you are, now. It's quite plain now one comes to look at you.''You came to look at me, several sentences ago,' ~ Five Children and ItOne day Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril, and Lamb find a rather grouchy sand fairy called a Psammead. It says that they can get five wishes from it, but each wish will all turn to stone at sunset. As everyone knows, wishes aren't as easy as they look, and what with accidental wishes, unforeseen consequences, and good old-fashioned bad luck, the children soon find themselves having the time of their lives.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2022]
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ISBN10: 1421839407, ISBN13: 9781421839400, [publisher: 1St World Library - Literary Society] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The house was three miles from the station, but before the dusty hired fly had rattled along for five minutes the children began to put their heads out of the carriage window and to say, 'Aren't we nearly there ' And every time they passed a house, which
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 1513220357, ISBN13: 9781513220352, [publisher: Mint Editions] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Five Children and It (1902) is a children's fantasy novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. The first book in Nesbit's beloved Psammead trilogy-which also includes The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906)-Five Children and It is a story of childish wonder, adventure, and the power of imagination.Five siblings move with their parents from London to the English countryside, where they adjust to the rhythms of rural life and spend their days playing and exploring outside. One day, while playing in a local gravel pit, they discover a strange creature with the eyes of a snail, the ears of a bat, a spider-shaped body, and the limbs of a monkey. Known as a Psammead, the being is a sand fairy who grants the children one wish per day-while warning them that whatever they wish for will turn to stone when the sun sets. The children's fear quickly turns to wonder, and they begin to wish for increasingly ambitious things: a pile of gold coins; the power of flight; superhuman size; a castle. With each wish comes a commensurate adventure, forcing the children to escape more and more dangerous situations. As it grants the children wish after wish, the initially cynical Psammead grows to appreciate their vibrant imaginations and seemingly unquenchable passion for adventure. Five Children and It is ...
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ISBN10: 1528713362, ISBN13: 9781528713368, [publisher: Read & Co. Children's] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - First published in 1902, 'Five Children and It' is a children's novel by English writer and poet E. Nesbit. The story follows the five children Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and the 'Lamb' and their adventures resulting from the discovery of a sand-fairy that has the ability to grant wishes. A charming tale of youth and innocence, 'Five Children and It' would make for perfect bedtime reading and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Nesbit's magical children's literature. Originally published in 'Strand Magazine', the tales were made into a full-length novel trilogy also including 'The Phoenix and the Carpet' (1904)' and 'The Story of the Amulet' (1906). Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) was a prolific writer of children's literature, publishing more than 60 such books under the name E. Nesbit. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, which had a significant influence on the Labour Party and British politics in general. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
[Einbeck, ...
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[publisher: Ernest Benn London 1955] Hardcover 2nd imp. orig. cloth Very Good small octavo 275pp., frontis., b/w ills., With Illustrations by J. S. Goodall. Ownership signature, o/w nice copy
[Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1955]

ISBN10: 9357277846, ISBN13: 9789357277846, [publisher: DOUBLE 9 BOOKSLLP] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - English author E. Nesbit wrote the children's book Five Children and It. The story revolves around the Psammead, or the Gifts was the general title of the segment that ran every month from April to December 1902 in the Strand Magazine. A novel based on the stories was later developed and released that same year. Including The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet, it is the first book in a trilogy (1906). Since its initial release, the book has never been out of print. The novel opens with a group of kids moving from London to the Kent countryside, much like Nesbit's The Railway Children. The Psammead, a sand fairy with the power to grant wishes, is discovered by the five children Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their infant brother, the Lamb, while they are playing in a gravel pit. The jewelry finally appears in their home when the kids unintentionally wish they could offer their mother some expensive jewelry. The children must beseech the Psammead for a complicated series of wishes in order to make things right because it appears that the gamekeeper, who is now their buddy, will be held responsible for the robbery.
[Einbeck, ...
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Collectibles - isbn: 000719689X - isbn13: 9780007196890 HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

ISBN10: 0359548474, ISBN13: 9780359548477, [publisher: Lulu.Com] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - FIVE CHILDREN AND ITThe Five Children Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and Hilary the baby go to the country, they decide to go digging in a sand pit. There they find a furry creature with two horns on its head holding its eyes. The creature is the Psammead, a grumpy sand-fairy, the last of his kind, who grants a wish a day. Soon they find their wishes never seem to turn out right and often have unexpected consequences. The Five Children and IT offers a generous amount of fantasy, humor, and adventure, as the children are repeatedly subject to wishes gone comically wrong.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2019]
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Penguin Books USA (8/2013) LIVRE A L’ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9780143124665
[Switzerland, Genève, CHE]

[publisher: BBC Books London 1990] Hardcover First Edition 1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket As New large octavo 197pp., colour & b/w illusts., Lovely illustrated edition of the childrens' classic
[Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1990]

ISBN10: 3734045312, ISBN13: 9783734045318, [publisher: Outlook Verlag] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Reproduction of the original: Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2018]
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