Five children and it

BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

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Edith Nesbit: Five children and it (AudiobookFormat, 2017)

[sound recording] :, 30 pages

English language

Published Dec. 13, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-78529-850-9
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OCLC Number:
1017989930

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Julia McKenzie and Simon Carter star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of E Nesbit's much-loved children's novel. 'an enchanting adaptation' Independent on Sunday On a hot, Edwardian summer's day, five children are playing in a gravel pit when they dig up something very peculiar: a funny, furry, fat litte creature with the feet of a monkey and bat's ears! The Psammead is a magical sand fairy who has the power to grant wishes: but the children can only have one wish a day, and the wishes only last until sunset. As the children try to get their hearts' desires, things go hilariously wrong, and they have a series of amazing adventures that will change their lives. But their last wish gets them into terrible trouble, and it will take all the Psammead's powers to put things right ... This delightfully whimsical drama, adapted by Malcolm McKee, stars Julia …

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Subjects

  • Wishes
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Juvenile fiction
  • History
  • Fairies
  • Fiction

Places

  • Great Britain
  • England