The Phoenix and the Carpet
by:
E. Nesbit (author)
H.R. Millar (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140367393 (014036739X)
Publish date: August 1st 1994
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 289
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Juvenile,
20th Century
Series: Five Children (#2)
One of my favourite books when I was a child. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the book anywhere so I ended up reading the ebook version, so I didn't get to see the cool illustrations I remember from my childhood. It was nice to take a walk down memory lane again and enjoy a childhood favourite.
BBC7 Big Toe Books - read by Patricia Hodge. This sequel to Five Children and It sees the four children finding a carpet and then being told by a phoenix that it is a magic carpet. This means a series of adventures. With delightful music of the period.
3 12 stars.
That evening, Mother read to them from a book called The Phoenix and the Carpet, which she had had since she was a little girl. Like all the best children's books, it was written to be read aloud; you immediately knew that Mrs. Nesbit had read it aloud to her own children, and every now and then she...
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