Five Children and It
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2005-12-15 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #17314 |
Description
"Five Children and It" by E. Nesbit is a children's fantasy novel published in 1902. When five siblings discover a grumpy, ancient sand-fairy called the Psammead in a gravel pit, they're granted one wish per day—but there's a catch. Each wish vanishes at sunset, and every desire goes hilariously and dangerously wrong. From unwanted beauty to unspendable riches, from inconvenient wings to a besieged castle, the children learn that getting what you wish for isn't always what you want. (This is an automatically generated summary.)