num_pages: 237
description: The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy, a psammead, in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences.Never out of print since 1902. The Introduction to this edition examines Nesbit's life and her reading, showing the change in childrens' literature from Victorian times.
language: English
title: Five Children and It
titlecomplete: Five Children and It (Five Children, #1)
characters: Psammead
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Childrens, Young Adult, Magic, Fantasy, Classics, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 26246
places: Kent, England
series: Five Children
publisher: Puffin