| Five Children and It Contributor(s): Nesbit, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853261246 ISBN-13: 9781853261244 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 980 |
| Series: Wordsworth Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.25 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 23773 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes... it had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider's and covered with thick, soft fur... and it had hands and feet like a monkey's. 'It' was the Psammead, the grumpy sand-fairy that could, if in the mood, grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail. Golden guineas are too difficult to spend, wings let them down in a most inconvenient way, and when they wish for Red Indians, the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike. Generations of children have come to love the fantasy and the whimsy of the stories in the classic book from the author of The Railway Children. |