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Five Children and It

By: E. Nesbit
Narrated by: Lynda Bellingham
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Summary

Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril and the Lamb are on holiday at the White House, a beautiful place on the edge of a hill with a chalk quarry one side and a gravel-pit on the other. Before they have even been there a week, they make an amazing discovery. Digging in the gravel-pit, they find a fairy! The Psammead is brown, furry, fat and shaped like a spider- as well as being very old, and very grumpy. But most importantly, the creature can grant wishes, and the children are soon having the most wonderful adventures...

An abridged reading by Lynda Bellingham of E. Nesbit's classic tale.

©2012 E. Nesbit (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics Literature & Fiction Funny Fiction
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I love this story! And to have it read to you by Lynda is just lovely.


Brings me right back to my childhood.

Beautiful Story & beautifully read

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What a delight this story is for young and old alike. No political points to be made as seem to proliferate in modern children's stories, just a lovely, good old fashioned story that any child would enjoy. Beautifully read by the equally lovely Linda Bellingham.

Wonderful!

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Absolutely loved it and really enjoyed it. Absolutely Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. Very good. I hope the next one is just as good as this one.

Brilliant!

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It’s a pity that the text is abridged and adapted for the modern child. When I was little, I loved the old-fashioned references and as an adult (not having read it since I was seven), I vividly remember all the comments that have been missed out. This is well read, albeit slightly patronising in tone.

Delightful classic

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It was good but yes it was all so unfair to native Americans but apart apart from that quite good

Good

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