Five Children and It

For the film version, see Five Children and It (film).

Five Children and It...
First edition
AuthorEdith Nesbit
IllustratorH. R. Millar
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFive Children[1] (a.k.a. Psammead) series[2]
GenreChildren's literature
Fantasy
PublisherT. Fisher Unwin
Publication date
1902
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
OCLC4378896
Followed byThe Phoenix and the Carpet 
TextFive Children and It... at Wikisource

Five Children and It is a fantasy children's novel by English author E. Nesbit. It was originally published in 1902 in the Strand Magazine under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts, with a segment appearing each month from April to December. The stories were then expanded into a novel which was published the same year. It is the first volume of a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Story of the Amulet (1906). The book has never been out of print since its initial publication.

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