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Book Reviews of Five Children and It (Puffin Classics - the Essential Collection)

Five Children and It (Puffin Classics - the Essential Collection)
Five Children and It - Puffin Classics - the Essential Collection
Author: E. Nesbit
ISBN-13: 9780140367355
ISBN-10: 0140367357
Publication Date: 12/1/1996
Pages: 237
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 21 ratings
Publisher: Puffin Books
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Five Children and It (Puffin Classics - the Essential Collection) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book has always been one of my favorite classics, right up there with the tales of OZ and Pooh. Who of us has'nt ever wished to fly?
What with a new film verison of it now out I felt it was time to re-visit the book.
Like so many other stories that get this treatment I feel a movie can not truly copy the rich charm with which this is written.

To some it may sound 'dated' but I feel it has that ageless charm of days gone by which reads like a classic story book. Works needn't be up to date to be loved forever...
reviewed Five Children and It (Puffin Classics - the Essential Collection) on + 100 more book reviews
love love love this classic!
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I saw the movie first and wasn't impressed. The book is nothing at all like it - unlike the movie, there is no war, no being sent away to an odd uncle's house, no demented cousin, and no traveling to another world to meet It. In fact, the only thing the book and movie have in common are five children and, well, It. It grants wishes, but the wish goes away at sundown. Of course nothing ever works the way it should and the children always seem to suffer the worst fate possible becuase of it - that is, they usually miss their dinner, and tea, too. For instance, the girls wish that they were all beautiful children, but when they get their wish nobody recognizes them, and they aren't let in the house at mealtime. They can't do anything with their beauty but sit under a bush waiting for sundown so they can be themselves again. I found myself giggling many times during the reading. Excellent for older people as well as kids.

There are two sequels to this book: The Phoenix and the Carpet, and The Story of the Amulet.