Five Children and It - Puffin Classics

E. Nesbit, H. R. Millar

Paperback (25 Jul 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The entrancing combination of magic with the everyday trials of childhood. 'It' is a Psammead, an ancient, ugly and irritable sand-fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them one wish a day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780140367355
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Puffin
Pub date:	25 Jul 1996
DEWEY:	823.8
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	237
Weight:	198g
Height:	198mm
Width:	133mm
Spine width:	16mm