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Five Children and It
Author: E. Nesbit
Narrator: Simon Hester
Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 06/22/2023
Synopsis
The story of three wishes being granted is an old one and often takes the form of a precautionary tale with the resultant moral being “be careful what you wish for!” Such is the fallibility of human nature that we can’t easily be trusted to use those wishes wisely.
The great children’s author Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924) took this popular concept for her 1903 book “Five Children and It” and extended the wishes from three to eleven, now granted to five young siblings in Edwardian England.
They have no Geni of the Lamp or Fairy Godmother, but instead, an irascible Sand Fairy dug accidently out of the sand of an abandon quarry. This strange “Psammead”, with his snail’s eyes on stalks, furry squat body and aversion to water reluctantly grants the four children their, often ill thought out, wishes.
Nesbit writes with her usual warmth and humour, placing her protagonists into funny and sometimes frightening adventures which gradually make the children “wise beyond their years.”
Head Stories Audio presents "Five Children and It" by E. Nesbit. Narrated by Simon Hester. With original music.
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