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The Story of the Treasure Seekers was the first novel for children by E. Nesbit. This and her later novels exerted considerable influence on subsequent English children's literature, most notably Arthur Ransome's [citation needed] books and C. S. Lewis' [3] The Chronicles of Narnia.
The Wouldbegoods is a novel by E. Nesbit first published in 1901. It tells the story of Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. O.) Bastable, as well as Daisy and Denis Foulkes, and their attempts to perform good deeds, which usually go awry.
Attached to its hit freshman sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” ABC has partnered with Scholastic to become the first entertainment brand to provide underfunded schools with free book fairs. The book ...
The Magic World is a collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., with illustrations by H. R. Millar and Gerald Spencer Pryse. The stories, previously printed in magazines such as Blackie's Children's Annual, are typical of Nesbit's arch, ironic, clever fantasies for ...
Like Nesbit's The Railway Children, the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent.The five children (Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, Hilary, known as "the Lamb") are playing in a gravel pit when they uncover a rather grumpy, ugly, and occasionally malevolent Psammead, a sand-fairy with the ability to grant wishes.
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children and others as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books.
Laburnum Cottage—Philip and Helen's home at the start of the book. The Grange—the home of Helen's new husband, and her step-daughter Lucy. Polistarchia—the country of the Magic City. Within Polistarchia: Polistopolis—the Magic City of the title, capital of Polistarchia. The Land of the Dwellers by the Sea—a region of Polistarchia.
E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) (1858–1924), English author and poet; Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967), American artists' model and chorus girl, and a central figure in a notorious murder trial; Jamar Nesbit (born 1976), American football player; Pinna Nesbit (1896–1950), Canadian silent film actress; William Nesbit (thief) (1899–1983), American ...