TITLE: Five Children and It
AUTHOR: Edith Nesbit
ILLUSTRATOR: Claire Pound
PLOT:
This book is about five children: Anthea, Robert, Jane, Cyril and the Baby. One day the five children went to the gravel-pit to play with the sand, and when Anthea did a hole she saw that there was something. The thing of the hole was very strange, it was furry and fat with big ears, and it could move its eyes in and out on stalks, but the most strange thing was that it could talk! It was a sand-fairy, a Psammead, and the wonderful thing was that it could give wishes, but wishes end when the sun goes down. The children were excited, and they wished to be very, very beautiful, to have wings to fly with, to be rich, etc. But the problem was that almost all their wishes get them into a trouble.
AUTHOR:
Edith Nesbit was born in London, August 15, of 1858. She was an english writer and poetess. She wrote horror stories, love stories and poesy. Died in May, 14, of 1924. She died from lung cancer. She wrote many books such as:
- 1899-The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- 1901-The Wouldbegoods
- 1904-The New Treasure Seekers
- 1902-Five Children and It
- 1904-The Phoenix and the Carpet
- 1906-The Story of the Amulet
- 1906-The Railway Children
- 1907-The Enchanted Castle
- 1910-The Magic City
- 1911-The Wonderful Garden
- 1913-Wet Magic
PERSONAL OPINION:
This is a good book, but it has some boring parts. The story is all the same, the children wish something and then all they are in a big trouble, but when the sun goes down all the problems disappear. I think there is a film about the book. But it's good, I recomend that book.