| Five Children and It Contributor(s): Nesbit, Edith (Author), Nesbit, E. (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421838400 ISBN-13: 9781421838403 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| LCCN: 2007920631 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.84 lbs) 192 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 23773 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |