Five Children and It
Edith Nesbit
First written in 1902, this is one of Edith Nesbit's best loved children's stories. It all begins when a group of five children - Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb - move from London to the countryside of Kent. While playing in a gravel pit, they discover a rather grumpy, ugly and occasionally malevolent sand-fairy known as the Psammead who is compelled to grant one wish of theirs per day. The effects of each wish last until sundown. All the wishes granted to the children go hilariously wrong. When they wish to be beautiful, nobody recognises them and they are shut out of the house. When they wish to be rich, they get a stack of gold coins but nobody will take them. When they wish for wings they find themselves stuck on a tall tower at sunset. When they wish that their baby brother was older, he turns into a grown-up and bosses them about. When Robert wishes he was bigger than the baker's boy (who has beaten him in a scrap) he becomes eleven feet tall. There are many more adventures... but you will need to listen and find out for yourselves....
Author - Edith Nesbit.
Narrator - Cathy Dobson.
Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
First written in 1902, this is one of Edith Nesbit's best loved children's stories. It all begins when a group of five children - Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb - move from London to the countryside of Kent. While playing in a gravel pit, they discover a rather grumpy, ugly and occasionally malevolent sand-fairy known as the Psammead who is compelled to grant one wish of theirs per day. The effects of each wish last until sundown. All the wishes granted to the children go hilariously wrong. When they wish to be beautiful, nobody recognises them and they are shut out of the house. When they wish to be rich, they get a stack of gold coins but nobody will take them. When they wish for wings they find themselves stuck on a tall tower at sunset. When they wish that their baby brother was older, he turns into a grown-up and bosses them about. When Robert wishes he was bigger than the baker's boy (who has beaten him in a scrap) he becomes eleven feet tall. There are many more adventures... but you will need to listen and find out for yourselves.... Author - Edith Nesbit. Narrator - Cathy Dobson. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:25:33
Chapter 2
Duration:00:15:07
Chapter 3
Duration:00:17:07
Chapter 4
Duration:00:19:56
Chapter 5
Duration:00:21:18
Chapter 6
Duration:00:20:51
Chapter 7
Duration:00:19:30
Chapter 8
Duration:00:18:17
Chapter 9
Duration:00:19:24
Chapter 10
Duration:00:26:10
Chapter 11
Duration:00:21:29
Chapter 12
Duration:00:18:37
Chapter 13
Duration:00:17:19
Chapter 14
Duration:00:27:10
Chapter 15
Duration:00:29:19
Chapter 16
Duration:00:27:34