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Summary: The sand-faries are coming! The sand-faries are coming!
Review: I really liked this book! What would you wish for if given the chance? And one each day, not just 3? How many ways do you think that could go wrong, even if it only lasted til sunset? I'm just about to go find the sequels.
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Summary: Just a wonderful romp through a distant time!
Review: My older brother started reading me this book when I was six. I couldn't wait for story time any longer, took the book away from him and read it for myself cover to cover in one sitting. This book brings fantasy to life...who could imagine a downside to being suddenly a grownup, or "beautiful as the day"? I still have thoughts of the Psammead trying to stay out of the rain every time I pass a sand pit or quarry.It was a fantastic fairy tale then and it is today. I am ordering a copy for my infant daughter, but perhaps it's also for me too...
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Summary: Five Children and It
Review: Right now I'm reading this and it's great! It's about 5 children who have to stay at a country house for the summer. They explore and find a Psammead who grants them wishes that last until sunset. What happens when they get the wish is hilarious and catastrophic. It's a must-read for all kids!
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Summary: Sandy delight
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 other personalities and Victorian details render the magic entirely real-world, believable. This was my favorite children's book and I relived the delight when I found a copy to share with my own children. That this volume is illustrated by one of my favorite people from one of my favorite families triples the delight. The book is too challenging for independent reading for children under 10, but it's a great read-aloud for small children, as are the classics of Frank Baum, E.B. White and C.S. Lewis. Edith Nesbit was like J. K. Rowling a single mother in need of a means to support her children. Her books in their era were as popular as Harry Potter in this one. Some of her observations are surprisingly humane. Nesbit's treatment of a clan of Gypsies, for example, transcends the deep prejudice of her time. Not to worry, the book is not preachy or teachy. It's just grand, eloquent fun. Alyssa A. Lappen
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Summary: Bre's
Review: This book is a childhood favourite of mine, and has remained a favourite still. It is funny, enchanting, and above all highly entertaining. Unlike so many other books written in it's era, The Five Children and It does not attempt to preach or teach. Instead, it tells things as they are. The children themselves are alive and refreshing instead of painfully good. This book is not only for the young but the young at heart.
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Summary: My review of "Five Children and It"
Review: 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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Summary: Anther Nesbit Masterpiece
Review: This book is one of my favourites. I purchased it last fall, and since that time, I have read it numerous times. Edith Nesbit has a certain way in which she explains and writes things. I love how descriptive she is. As she deals with these children, she adds a sense of humour to it, and to see these children go through all the wishes, and each one of them turn out sour, it is really rather humourous. This book is for all ages! If you enjoy good classics with adventure and of course (the best part) magic.....get this!
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Summary: 5 children discover a wish giving creature in the sand.
Review: This book was a great fantasy book for young readers.Since it was written quite a few years ago the english is a little hard to understand and the book's a little slow until you get to the middle.If you are patient with books and like to read fantasy fiction this is the book for you.
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Summary: Marvels and wonders
Review: This book, now approaching its hundredth birthday, was one of the great discoveries of my childhood. It's a little more demanding, perhaps, than most contemporary "intermediate" fiction, although it's possible that Harry Potter has opened some minds to the possibilities of this sort of fantasy. I would recommend the sand-fairy series to any child who loves Harry Potter, the Chronicles of Narnia, or the wry works of John Bellairs.
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Summary: Marvels and wonders
Review: This book, now approaching its hundredth birthday, was one of the great discoveries of my childhood. It's a little more demanding, perhaps, than most contemporary "intermediate" fiction, although it's possible that Harry Potter has opened some minds to the possibilities of this sort of fantasy. I would recommend the sand-fairy series to any child who loves Harry Potter, the Chronicles of Narnia, or the wry works of John Bellairs.
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