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The Phoenix and the Carpet

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date May 02, 2005
Great C.D. my Son (aged 7)has listened to it several times ands loves the story! will be buying more from this collection.

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The Railway Children (Penguin Popular Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date April 27, 1995
The brilliance of the Railway Children is that E Nesbit refuses to talk down to her readers - she handles a variety of complicated emotions, and she does so in a way that enables us to see things we wouldn't have worked out for ourselves about the character, but that are very true and beautifully observed. Okay, a few too many things happen to these kids - even the film removed one or two sensational twists too many - but those things all bring new insights and emotional rewards. It's a great book.

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The Phoenix and the Carpet (Wordsworth Children's Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date March 01, 1995
This book is a Puffin Classic. The children in this book are the same ones in `the Five Children and It' & `The Amulet'. Their names are Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril and baby Hilary, or as called in `the Five Children and It' - Lamb. If you don't know the story or have forgotten it, then I will jog your memory: It is about a second hand carpet that was bought for the nursery which had magical powers; it could transport them to wherever they wanted to go; also, a strange egg dropped out of it and it was the egg of a phoenix...
I thought that this book was ok. It was a bit boring at parts but some of the bits were more thrilling than going to the circus or even to Alton Towers! I would rate the book, overall, 8/ 10 and would recommend it ... Read More:

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Five Children and It (Wordsworth Children's Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date December 01, 1993
This book's author, E. Nesbit, has written other stories including `The Railway Children', `The Enchanted Castle' and `The Phoenix & the Carpet'. This is her most well-loved, well-known and best-selling book.
She was born in London in the year of 1858, which is about 150 years ago now. The illustrator was H. R. Millar; here is a bit about him:
After studying art for a while, he began illustrating for magazines in Birmingham. Soon, he was invited to London by the editor of the Graphic, and worked for many periodicals, including the English Illustrated Magazine, Punch, and Good Words, and being a frequent artist on the Strand Magazine, where amid other work and he illustrated fiction by E. Nesbit.
This book is very famous. It is about ... Read More:

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Five Children and It (Junior Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date March 29, 2004
Yes, a great story, but to manage your expectations, this is not a patch on the Puffin tapes of the book read by Samantha Bond. This abridgement lacks colour compared with the Puffin one - you jump to the Psammead after about 3 minutes, and a lot of the Edwardian charm has been dropped. Anna Bentinck is just not as good either. But as this is the only audio available, I suppose you'll have to get it!

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The Enchanted Castle (Wordsworth Children's Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date February 24, 1994
Although it has its moments, it has alot of superflous dialogue and can be quite difficult for children to understand at times. It is also quite racist in how it describes particular people, which although obviously acceptable (from a publishers point - not mine)when it was first printed, it is not now, and I was quite disappointed that an author of this calibre felt the need to use such words. Could be a lovely, adventurous story in half the words!

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The Railway Children (BBC Audio)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date August 07, 2006
Although it has its moments, it has alot of superflous dialogue and can be quite difficult for children to understand at times. It is also quite racist in how it describes particular people, which although obviously acceptable (from a publishers point - not mine)when it was first printed, it is not now, and I was quite disappointed that an author of this calibre felt the need to use such words. Could be a lovely, adventurous story in half the words!

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The Railway Children (Wordsworth's Children's Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date March 01, 1993
The brilliance of the Railway Children is that E Nesbit refuses to talk down to her readers - she handles a variety of complicated emotions, and she does so in a way that enables us to see things we wouldn't have worked out for ourselves about the character, but that are very true and beautifully observed. Okay, a few too many things happen to these kids - even the film removed one or two sensational twists too many - but those things all bring new insights and emotional rewards. It's a great book.

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Five Children and It (Puffin Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date July 25, 1996
This book's author, E. Nesbit, has written other stories including `The Railway Children', `The Enchanted Castle' and `The Phoenix & the Carpet'. This is her most well-loved, well-known and best-selling book.
She was born in London in the year of 1858, which is about 150 years ago now. The illustrator was H. R. Millar; here is a bit about him:
After studying art for a while, he began illustrating for magazines in Birmingham. Soon, he was invited to London by the editor of the Graphic, and worked for many periodicals, including the English Illustrated Magazine, Punch, and Good Words, and being a frequent artist on the Strand Magazine, where amid other work and he illustrated fiction by E. Nesbit.
This book is very famous. It is about five ... Read More:

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The Story of the Amulet (Puffin Classics)

by: E. Nesbit

Release Date March 28, 1996
E. Nesbit completed her best known trilogy of fantasy books with The story of the Amulet. It returns us to the lives of the brothers and sisters we met in Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet. But the tone is darker and the freedom from adult observation is due to lonelyness rather than holiday freedoms, as was the case in the earlier novels. The children's parents are in danger of their life, and they find themselves faced with the chance to help when they meet the iracible Psammiad again. It leads them to a time travelling amulet, which might have the power to grant them their hearts desire.

Much of the charm of this book comes from the realism of the children's characters. No matter that they dress in the plus fours and petticoats ... Read More: