Five Children and It

Hi, The title of this order says "Five Children & It" and literally on the order page under the title it says, (Book #1 in the Five Children Series) by E. Nesbit and Edith Nesbit And somehow, instead, I got an Abraham Lincoln Wartime book (not that I don't appreciate Abraham Lincoln and this history--I actually do) But I don't have 7 and a half dollars in my budget for the wrong book. I'm super disappointed that there is... Read Full Review

I can't wait to read with my family.

It was always a little strange to me as a boy that children in books always went to boarding school and always had nannies, cooks, and maids, but we just accepted that that was how people were in books. We realised that books were written before decimalisation, and just enjoyed the stories. I am delighted that the same is still true. I read this to my son over several nights, and while he did ask about the servants and "were... Read Full Review

With the surging popularity of Lemony Snicket's, "A Series of Unfortunate Events", the time has never been better to gently urge children towards those literary classics that sound so mightily similar to their beloved Baudelaire sagas. And of the great children's authors that employed direct narration, few are so wonderful yet rarely remembered as the fantastic Edith Nesbit. The woman who single-handedly redefined the whole... Read Full Review

This 1902 fantasy, a gift from my parents when I was in fourth or fifth grade, features an irritable Psammead whom Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother dig up in a sand pit. Then the magic begins. The sand-fairy does not like granting wishes, and his misshapen body with bat's ears and snail's eyes bloats when he does. The wishes, lasting only until sunset, all take unexpected, funny turns. The sand-fairy and... Read Full Review