E. Nesbit's classic novel "Five Children and It" was a blockbuster success when it was serialized in The Strand magazine in 1902 and published as a stand-alone novel later that year. It has never been out of print since its initial publication.The story of "Five Children and It" revolves around five young children - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb - who discover a lumpy, grumpy sand-fairy (also known as a Psammead). The Psammead take a liking ...

Illustrated edition featuring 20 beautiful illustrationsIncludes a comprehensive summary of the storyContains a detailed list of charactersFeatures a biography of the author, Edith NesbitThe Railway Children by Edith Nesbit is a timeless classic that has enchanted readers for generations. This heartwarming story follows the lives of three siblings—Bobbie, Peter, and Phylli...

Then came a glimmer of daylight that grew and grew, and presently ended in another arch that looked out over a scene so like a picture out of a book about Italy that everyone's breath was taken away, and they simply walked forward silent and staring. A short avenue of cypresses led, widening as it went, to a marble terrace that lay broad and white in the sunlight.The children, blinking, leaned their arms on the broad, flat balustrade and gazed. Immediately below them was a lake just like a...