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| First Written | 1902 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Origin | UK |
| My Copy | library hardback |
| First Read | January 11, 2019 |
Five Children and It
A thing I noticed and loved: Felix and Trudy would interject or ask questions exactly when the kids in the story would. Just as something happens, Felix would pipe up: "But what they should do is ask it this way!" and then a boy in the book would express the same idea. I think it speaks volumes about how well paced Nesbit is for them. It's happened probably a dozen times, and each time I am delighted.
Noted on January 11, 2019
We've read an E. Nesbit book or two before, but I knew this one was an old classic - I picked it up to read with the kids. It was a riot! Nesbit is really funny, and her imaginative spins were just great - Trudy and Felix really enjoyed it, and I did too. Nesbit is clever, and she spits out authorial interjections to her child readers in just the right tone. It's great.
Noted on January 11, 2019
It stars, like every English novel for kids, four morally upright siblings who run around the English countryside on holiday and find a Sand-Fairy who grants wishes. The wishes don't turn out as they plan, and there's a real ambivalence about the magical creature they uncover. Approved!
Noted on January 11, 2019
For really there is nothing like wings for getting you into trouble. But, on the other hand, if you are in trouble, there is nothing like wings for getting you out of it.
Quoted on January 11, 2019
Grown-up people find it very difficult to believe really wonderful things, unless they have what they call proof. But children will believe almost anything, and grown-ups know this. That is why they tell you that the earth is round like an orange, when you can see perfectly well that it is flat and lumpy; and why they say that the earth goes round the sun, when you can see for yourself any day that the sun gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night like a good sun it is, and the earth knows its place, and lies as still as a mouse.
Quoted on January 11, 2019