E. Nesbit

Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit

While exploring the environs of their summer home, five brothers and sisters find a Psammead, or Sand-fairy, in a nearby gravel pit: “Its eyes were on long horns like a snail’s eyes, and it could move them...

The Phoenix and the Carpet

by E. Nesbit, H. R. Millar & Bruce Coville

E. Nesbit’s rip-roaring sequel to Five Children and It follows the wondrous adventures of Robert, Jane, Cyril, Anthea, and The Lamb as they discover a clever phoenix and a magic carpet that can take them anywhere...

The Book of Dragons

by E. Nesbit, H. R. Millar & Ruth Stiles Gannett

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In eight highly imaginative tales, beloved...

Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit, H. R. Millar & Laurel Snyder

What would you do if you could wish for anything in the world? In E. Nesbit’s classic middle-grade tale of adventure and mayhem, five children discover a Psammead, a grumpy magical creature with the ability...

The Railway Children

by E. Nesbit

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the...