Five Children and it by E. Nesbit (Cassette, 1998).
Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril and their baby brother, "the Lamb", are left to stay in the country while their parents are away. They discover the Psammead, a sand fairy, brown and hairy, with bat's ears and snail's eyes, and the power to grant wishes, but only reluctantly.FiVE CHILDREN
and It
Spending a holiday in Kent, five children,
Antheg and Jane, Cyril and Robert, and
sometimes baby Lamb, stumble on a marvellous
creature hidden in a gravel pit. If is called a
Psammead or Sand-fairy.
This hairy, ancient creature is able to grant the
children one wish each day. But the children
have an unfortunate knack of wishing.
for things that are no use to them - or even get
them inte trouble, Such as the golden guineas
they cannot spend and the immense beauty that
makes them unrecognizable, Magic,
as the children discover, can be as
awkward as it is enticing,
Samantha Bond has performed
with both the Royal National
Theatre and the RSC. Her television
credits inelude The Ginger Tree, Family Money
ind Tears Before Bedtime. She has plaved
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