Five Children and It (Dover Children's Evergreen Classics) - Softcover

Nesbit, E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486423662 ISBN 13: 9780486423661

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2017

Synopsis

Be careful what you wish. You may get it! That s the message writer Edith Nesbit clearly imparts in this delightful tale of five youngsters who encounter a bizarre creature. This old-fashioned story recounts the adventures of children who go out to play one day, intending to dig a hole to the other side of the world to see if people walk upside down. They don t get very far before they meet an ancient sand fairy. Obliged to grant their wishes (because that s what sand fairies do), this curious looking, furry brown quadruped with bat s ears warns them that there is a catch: the wishes come undone at sunset. An enchanting tale of the ability of children to believe things that are beyond belief. Recommended by Laura Berquist Syllabus Grade 3 Author: E. Nesbit Format: 160 pages, paperback Publisher: Dover ISBN: 0486423662

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy or 'psammead' in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences. Five Children and It was first published in 1902, and it has remained in print ever since. The Introduction to this edition examines Nesbit's life and her reading, showing how she was poised between the Victorian world and a new era in which children in literature were no longer mere projections of the adult viewpoint. Sandra Kemp examines how the narrative is structured around the acting out of literary fantasies, which always come down to earth. Nesbit combines wonderfully implausible events with the prosaic and familiar, and Kemp illuminates her exploration of the shifting relationship between imagination, literature, and life.

About the Author:

Edith Nesbit wrote more than 40 books for children, several of which have been adapted many times for film, including Five Children and It and The Railway Children. She is best known for her collections and re-tellings of classics such as Stories from Shakespeare for Young Readers, also available from Dover.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0486423662
• ISBN 13: 9780486423661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160