Five Children and It - Edith Nesbit

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Title: Five Children And It Author: Edith Nesbit Genre: Classics Rating: 8/10 # pages: Audiobook Date read: September, 2007

Summary: The five children found the Psammead, or sand-fairy while they were exploring in the gravel pit. "Don't you know a Sand-fairy when you see one?" it asked them. The Psammead smoothed his long ratlike whiskers and smiled between them. I daresay you have often thought what you would do if you had three wishes given you. "We want," said Robert slowly, "to be rich beyond the dreams of something or other." But we all know that wishes never work out the way they are supposed to.... and to his credit, the Psammead was never mean spirited, nor vengeful, nor destructive. But he cartainly could be weird, and the children have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them.

Review: I'll have to check out more of Edith Nesbit's work. So far I've enjoyed both books I've heard by her. I wish I'd gotten to know her when I was younger, as I think I would have enjoyed them even more, but I still find them incredibly charming. This one made me ask myself, "If I could have anything, but only for today, what would I wish for?". After having finished the book, I still don't know. Especially after seen all the scrapes the 4 kids got into.

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She wrote some really excellent ghost stories for adults as well as The Phoenix series for children. I read the children's books when I was young and really loved them then.