<div>In this classic tale of adventure and wish fulfillment, five city kids find the countryside to be filled with magic and wonder Be careful what you wish for. After two years cooped up in London, Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, &ldquo;the Lamb,&rdquo; are thrilled to be living in the country. The best thing about their new home is that there are no rules, no places that are off limits. One day while playing in a gravel pit, they uncover a fat, furry creature that has been asleep for thousands of years. The Sand-fairy, also known as It, grants them one wish a day, to be shared among them. At sunset, the wish will turn to stone. But every wish brings a disastrous result. When the children wish to be beautiful, no one recognizes them. When they wish to be rich, their gold doesn&rsquo;t buy them anything. When they wish to be able to fly, they end up stuck on top of a church tower with no way to get down. Other wishes lead to a confrontation with Indians, a scuffle with kidnappers, and accusations of thievery. When the children beg the Sand-fairy for more wishes to set things right, It agrees&mdash;on the condition that they never ask for another wish again. E. Nesbit&rsquo;s pioneering fantasy novel continues to delight new generations of young readers. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. </div>

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Five Children and It

<div>Six siblings rally to restore their widowed father&rsquo;s fortune in this &ldquo;breakthrough children&rsquo;s book&rdquo; (J. K. Rowling). The Bastable children&mdash;Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius&mdash;aren&rsquo;t going to let their family&rsquo;s trials and tribulations get them down. Banding together&mdash;with occasional breaks for fierce arguments&mdash;they&rsquo;re determined to strike it rich to make up for their father&rsquo;s recent business losses. How hard could that possibly be? Funny and heartwarming, The Story of the Treasure Seekers has been a favorite for generations, inspiring two sequels starring the adventurous and mischievous Bastable siblings &ldquo;The children&rsquo;s writer with whom I most identify . . . Oswald is such a very real narrator.&rdquo; &mdash;J. K. Rowling</div>

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

<div>This classic&mdash;adapted for radio, television, stage, and screen&mdash;&ldquo;has a special and enduring place in British children&rsquo;s literature&rdquo; (The Guardian). Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis used to live in London. But their father, who worked at the Foreign Office, was accused of spying&mdash;and now he&rsquo;s in prison. So they&rsquo;ve moved with their mother to the Yorkshire countryside, to a house near the railway called the Three Chimneys. They may have much less money than they did before, but the siblings still have a great deal of adventures, and soon they make plenty of new friends: the &ldquo;Old Gentleman,&rdquo; who takes the 9:15 train, plus the station porter, the stationmaster, an engineer, a fireman, and a mysterious Russian man who steps off the tracks with a remarkable story to tell. Before long, the Old Gentleman will do something very special to help his young chums&mdash;and the children will have their own chance to be heroes as well . . .</div>

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The Railway Children

<div>Eight fun and fantastical children&rsquo;s tales featuring marvelous dragons, from the author of The Railway Children and The Story of the Treasure Seekers.Embark on an amazing journey through a world of dragons with these eight tales from the acclaimed imagination of E. Nesbit. In &ldquo;The Book of the Beasts,&rdquo; a boy becomes king and is not prepared for the powerful magic inside a book he finds in the palace library. In &ldquo;Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger,&rdquo; visit a land where children can ride a guinea pig and a purple dragon wants a princess for a birthday present. Unseasonably warm weather awakens a hoard of dragons in &ldquo;The Deliverers of Their Country,&rdquo; and only two children can stop them from destroying Great Britain. Two children make a shocking discovery in &ldquo;The Ice Dragon, or Do as Your Told&rdquo; after they follow the colorful northern lights all the way to the North Pole. Other stories included are &ldquo;The Island of the Nine Whirlpools,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Dragon Tamers,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice.&rdquo;Some of the dragons in this book are friendly, while others are frightening. But all of these tales are sure to delight readers of all ages . . .</div>

The Book of Dragons

<div>Three children and their governess discover magic and mayhem when they stumble upon an abandoned castle in this delightful children&rsquo;s story. While on vacation in the English countryside, Kathleen, Jimmy, and Jerry&mdash;together with their permissive French governess&mdash;decide to go exploring. They find a tunnel that leads to an old castle and have fun pretending the place is enchanted. But after discovering a maze and magical ring, they learn how perilous magic can be! Originally published in 1907, The Enchanted Castle is a timeless tale of make-believe and magic from the beloved children&rsquo;s author, E. Nesbit.</div>

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Five Children and It

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

The Railway Children

The Book of Dragons

The Enchanted Castle

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