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Five Children and It
Five Children and It | E Nesbit
14 posts | 45 read | 13 to read
When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother go digging in the gravel pit, the last thing they expect to find is a Psammead an ancient Sand-fairy! Having a Sand-fairy for a pet means having one wish granted each day. But the children don't realize all the trouble wishes can cause . . . A timeless classic with an introduction by Quentin Blake, award-winning illustrator and first-ever Children's Laureate (1999 2001)."
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KCofKaysville
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OK story of children and wish granting that causes problems. Old fashioned English writing but still pretty clever. I would like to also read her Railway Children having seen a film of it once.

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KCofKaysville
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Starting this book in-between longer or more serious books just for fun. I have a copy but like this cover better so I'm using it here.

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erzascarletbookgasm
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Somehow I‘ve never read this as a kid. It was fun to read about the children‘s wishes and their misadventures, although they are many stereotypes in the story to be frowned upon. It‘s true of the saying ‘be careful what you wish for‘. Low Pick for me.
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CBee Awesome 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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Kenyazero
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One of the less racist, less sexist children‘s books from the early 1900s I‘ve read so far (there is insensitive rep of Native Americans and there‘s some toxic masculinity related to fighting and not crying)! This is a fun story about magic and all the ways wishes can go awry. I realized I must have seen a TV adaptation of this book as a kid, because some of the chapters were extremely familiar. #MiddleGrade #Wish #1900s

PuddleJumper I found the TV show so creepy as a kid! 3y
Kenyazero @PuddleJumper I looked up pictures and the sand fairy looks horrific! It‘s supposed to be more like a crab than a horrible potato gremlin 😂 3y
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llwheeler
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A slightly belated #20in4 wrap up post... I didn't make the 20 hours but read almost 15 hrs from 6 books, finishing one of them. A great readathon! Thanks for hosting @Andrew65

Andrew65 That‘s fantastic 👏👏👏🙌🍾🥂🍾🥂🎉🥳 Thanks for playing along. 4y
mcipher Oh my goodness I forgot about this book until just now! I loved it and read it so many times as a kid!! 4y
llwheeler @mcipher I missed reading it as a kid but I see why it's a classic 4y
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toofondofbooks
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Cute story.

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batsy
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Not the most elegant copy, but one of my favourites—along with The Railway Children—when I was young. #childrensbook #maylovesclassics @Sarah83 @Bambolina_81

Kalalalatja Wow, that‘s a bright cover 💚💚 7y
youneverarrived It‘s a lovely copy 💚 7y
LeahBergen Just seeing an old Puffin book makes me smile. 😍😍 7y
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Centique I kinda wish you‘d lived next door to me when I was a kid S! (Although that would be wishing an extra 15 or 20 yrs onto your age so I won‘t wish it😂) But man, I thought I was the only kid who loved Nesbit and LM Montgomery and Alcott and Streatfeild. #littensarethebest 💕💕 7y
batsy @Kalalalatja @LeahBergen @youneverarrived I love the old Puffins too 💚 7y
batsy @Centique Awww! And you crack me up 😂 You could have been the sophisticated, wise friend I trailed around, hoping to borrow your books!! 😁 It's lovely to talk about our love of these books with Littens ❤️ 7y
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LapReader
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The second was OpShop yielded me this haul. My step daughters loved The Railway Children by E. Nesbit so I thought this might be a winner. I‘m a Francophile hence the French one. I also scored some DVDs for the kids and myself.

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aquanin
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Be careful what you wish for :)
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#fivechildrenandit #nesbit

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Giabow
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A little over 18 hours and starting to fade. Don't know if I'm going to make 24 ... @24in48

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Giabow
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Switching to a quick ebook to get some errands done. @24in48

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LectricSheep
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I'm reading this book for the first time with one of my students, and I find these children so horrid. I hope the Psammead (the "it" of the title) eats them in the end (although I've been told there's a sequel, so that ending seems unlikely).