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Title: The Enchanted Castle (Puffin Classics) by Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0-14-036743-8 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.68 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Nesbit: An Author of wonder!
Comment: The reason I only gave this book 4 stars is because of out of the 5 Edith Nesbit Books I have read so far...this is my least favourite. I think it is beacuase of how it is written. It, to me, was lacking something all the other books she wrote have. I also did not particularly enjoy the beginning of the book, as it started out dull etc. But as it went on...I fell in love with the four children. One thing that is very evident in this book is the thing of good magic. Evrything thing seems to be filled with it, therefore making the story all the better and all more exciting. I loved how it showed each of there adventures, and each of there luck with the magic ring. I also got a few laughs out of the children's injinuity. This is truly a classic, but not my favourite Nesbit book. It certainly is worth getting though.
Rating: 5
Summary: Harry Potter 100 Years Ago
Comment: Working in a bookstore, I meet a lot of people, especially parents buying books for their children. As you can imagine, several of them ask, "What do you have that's like Harry Potter?" I always recommend E. Nesbit's books. They never know who I'm talking about. But they usually become interested very quickly.
Edith Nesbit was an outspoken British writer who wrote enormously entertaining children?s books in her later years. Many of these books combine normal, everyday children with magical themes or elements. In 'The Enchanted Castle,' three children - Gerald, Cathy, and Jimmy - stumble upon a lush, beautiful garden, where they find a princess who has been asleep for 100 years. Or is she really who she says she is? All the children know is that something strange is going on - like why are the statues moving?
'The Enchanted Castle' IS enchanting. The writing is colorful, exciting, and engaging. If your child is looking for something in the Harry Potter vein, the E. Nesbit books are just what the doctor ordered. Kids won't even care that it was written nearly 100 years ago. It still reads pretty well today, and that's what counts.
291 pages
Rating: 5
Summary: The book that launched a thousand fantasies
Comment: This book launched a whole subgenre--fantasy books in which a group of three to five children (usually mixed gender) cross the boundry between the everyday world into the world of fantasy. It is the inspiration behind CS Lewis's Narnia books, Edward Eager's books, and generations of more recent novels. And it happens to be a wonderful read! My eight-year-old adored it--she's a huge Harry Potter fan (another series in Nesbit's debt) and thought this one was fabulous, though the Victorian language did slow her down a little.
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Title: Five Children and It (Puffin Classics - The Essential Collection) by H. R. Millar, Edith Nesbit ISBN: 0140367357 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 1996 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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