Fantasy & Children's
Five Children and It
Five children discover a magical creature that grants wishes, but each wish creates comic complications and teaches them about consequences and responsibility
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Books by Edith Nesbit
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5 books listed2 collections represented8 catalogue themes
ChildhoodFriendshipImaginationMagicFamilyFantasy
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Fantasy & Children's
Harding's Luck
Edith Nesbit combines family adventure and fantasy as a boy becomes caught up in hidden histories, difficult circumstances, and opportunities for transformation
Fantasy & Children's
Melisande
A fantastical children’s story built around enchantment, family life, impossible transformations, and the comic consequences of magic
Fantasy & Children's
The Book of Dragons
E. Nesbit’s playful dragon stories use children, magic and comic reversals to show how fantasy can be clever without becoming solemn
Classics & Literature
The Story of the Treasure Seekers Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit follows a group of siblings who try inventive schemes to restore their family’s fortunes, mixing childhood imagination, comedy, loyalty, and financial worries
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