03894cam a2200325 4500 606178371 TxAuBib 20220930120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781411432116 1411432118 3e6a5787-372e-4db1-9207-0dc1228b0121 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 847511 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nesbit, Edith. The Enchanted Castle and Five Children and It [Sunflower eLibrary eBook] : Barnes & Noble Classics Series. Barnes & Noble Classics, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 13MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. HTML:The Enchanted Castle and Five Children and It, by Edith Nesbit, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: <li>New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars <ul> <li>Biographies of the authors</li> <li>Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events</li> <li>Footnotes and endnotes</li> <li>Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work</li> <li>Comments by other famous authors</li> <li>Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations</li> <li>Bibliographies for further reading</li> <li>Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate</li>All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. "I love E. Nesbit. . . . Her children are very real . . . and she was quite a groundbreaker in her day." —J. K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series Considered the first modern writer for children, Edith Nesbit wrote wonderfully imaginative tales about magical adventures in the everyday world. In Five Children and It (1902), a group of children are digging in a sandpit one day when they discover a small, bad-tempered sand-fairy known as the Psammead, who is allowed to grant one wish per day. The children wish for many things—to be beautiful, to be rich, to grow wings—but none of the wishes turn out right. Luckily, the magic wears off at sunset, but will that be soon enough? The Enchanted Castle (1907) begins when three children stumble upon a mysterious house and discover an invisible princess and a magic ring. At first it all appears to be a great adventure. When the children need an audience... </ul> </li>. Young Adult Fiction. Classic Literature. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-09-30 20:00:03. Schwartz, Sanford. Millar, H. R., (Harold Robert.) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1786-1/3E6/A57/87/EnchantedCastleandFiveChildrenandIt9781411432116.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E6A5787-372E-4DB1-9207-0DC1228B0121&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1786-1/3E6/A57/87/EnchantedCastleandFiveChildrenandIt9781411432116.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E6A5787-372E-4DB1-9207-0DC1228B0121&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)