Five Children and It
Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes... it had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider's and covered with thick, soft fur... and it had hands and feet like a monkey's. 'It' was the Psammead, the grumpy sand-fairy that could, if in the mood, grant a wish a...
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Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes... it had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider's and covered with thick, soft fur... and it had hands and feet like a monkey's. 'It' was the Psammead, the grumpy sand-fairy that could, if in the mood, grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail. Golden guineas are too difficult to spend, wings let them down in a most inconvenient way, and when they wish for Red Indians, the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853261244 (1853261246)
Publish date: 1993
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Pages no: 188
Edition language: English
Series: Five Children (#1)
It would have been of little interest to me as a child, but this was published in 1902, which means it predates the superficially similar "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (parentless children having supernatural adventures in a country-house setting) by several decades. That association is the...
I took my time, but finally, I sat and finished. I'm so happy. This is a charming book. Beyond the general cautionary about wishes, the kids learn the downsides of some of the usual daydreams one has a child. I admit I had a blast waiting to see how some of the wishes would go wrong. Some I could ...
Lubię książki dla dzieci. Dużo w takiej książce nie potrzebuje, jedynie by były ciekawe, wciągające przygody.Pięcioro dzieci, czwórka większych i jeden niemowlak, spotykają piaskowego duszka, który spełnia życzenia. Od tego momentu życie dzieci się zmienia. Zaczynają mieć przygody, wpadają w kłopoty...
This book became tiresome rather quickly for me. Each episode of the children's wishing is formulaic: kids wish for something, it doesn't turn out like they imagined it would, a lesson is learned. Repeat ad infinitum. Toss in some casual racism for variety. I am aware the book was written in 1902 an...
Que simpático y mágico y bonito :3
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