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Title: Five Children and It (Puffin Classics - The Essential Collection) by H. R. Millar, Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0-14-036735-7 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Be careful what you wish for...
Comment: E. Nesbit's classic story of about some Edwardian children who find a sand fairy one summer is an unsentimental delight. Each day the odd fairy grants them one magic wish, be it beauty, wealth, great size, etc. which will only last until sunset. Somehow each wish they make turns into a disaster, but through their own cleverness and a bit of luck, the children are able to make each problem work out in the end. Nesbit's writing is particularly full of amusing asides and offbeat humor in this one. Her turns of plot are inventive, and as the plucky children face their outlandish predicaments, it becomes clear that Nesbit has her finger on the pulse of the way real children might think. Her work has held up quite well considering it is over a hundred years old. This novel would be suitable for kids in about fourth or fifth grade.
Rating: 3
Summary: sadly, this classic does not stand up to the test of time
Comment: Edith Nesbit is a charming writer. She tells her story with wit and humour, and interjects sly digs that engender a wink and a smile, but while the premise is timeless and interesting, the prose is extremely dated, making the book a bit tedious to read for any length of time. Also, the ideas and prejudices exhibited by the characters date the material.
The five siblings of the title, who have found a Sand-fairy willing to grant them one wish a day, continually make silly wishes that get them into trouble. Their first wish is to be "as beautiful as the day". Right there you get a sense of the book's outdated charm. This is of interest more as a tribute to a talented children's writer of a bygone era rather than for its own sake.
I wanted to enjoy this classic, but I found it hard slogging through. That is just my opinion, however, but I'd suggest you read a bit of the text before purchasing it unless you're already familiar with, or particularly interested in, author Nesbit.
Caveat: The occasional black-and-white line drawings are by H.R. Millar, not the Paul Zelinsky watercolors promised in the Editorial Reviews section.
Rating: 4
Summary: My review of "Five Children and It"
Comment: This book is about Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother who discover a Psammead,
or Sand-fairy, who agrees to grant the children one wish per day.
Soon, their wishes start to turn quite unlike what they expected.
Then, an accidental wish has terrible consequences, and the kids
are faced with a hard choice: to let an innocent man be charged
with a crime, or to lose their gift of magical wishes.
I read this book in one day, and I thought it was pretty good.
This book turned out to be fairly interesting.
I would probably read "Five Children and It" again.
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Title: The Enchanted Castle (Puffin Classics) by Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0140367438 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Phoenix and the Carpet (Puffin Classics) by H. R. Millar, Edith Nesbit, Patricia MacDonald ISBN: 014036739X Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Story of the Amulet (Puffin Classics) by H. R. Millar, Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0140367527 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Railway Children (Puffin Classics) by C. E. Brock, Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0140366717 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Magic World (Puffin Classics) by Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0140367659 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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