The trilogy of "Five Children and It", "The Phoenix and the Carpet" and "The Story of the Amulet", all involving the same family and their encounters with the magical being The Psammead, proved one of the most popular of Nesbit's books. This text centres around the purchase of an ancient Amulet which can grant them their heart's desire - the return of their parents - but which first sets them on a journey through time to ancient Babylon, Egypt and Atlantis. Anna Bentinck's engaging reading captures the excitement and tension of the text.
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E. Nesbit 1858-1924, was an English author and poet, who wrote or collaborated on more than 60 works of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television and are still popular today, such as The Treasure Seekers and Five Children and It.
English author Edith Nesbit's impressive body of work includes poems, plays,
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