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Description edit
A long-time favorite story of five children who discover a magical creature who grants wishes.
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“Why, almost everyone had Pterodactyl for breakfast in my time!”
First Sentence edit
The house was three miles from the station, but before the dusty hired fly had rattled along for five minutes the children began to put their heads out of the carriage window and to say, 'Aren't we nearly there?'
Table of Contents edit
1. Beautiful as the Day
2. Golden Guineas
3. Being Wanted
4. Wings
5. No Wings
6. A Castle and no Dinner
7. A Siege and Bed
8. Bigger Than the Baker's Boy
9. Grown Up
10. Scalps
11. The Last Wish
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Psammead. (standard series)
Followed by The Phoenix and the Carpet.
This is book 420 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Sussi e Biribissi, and followed by Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edith Nesbit (Author)
Other Contributors:
- H. R. Millar (Illustrator) - Original
- Sandra Kemp
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Fisher Unwin
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1902
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 160
Publisher: Fisher Unwin
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1902
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 160
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.8
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