Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) watercolor Encourages children to wonder about

Encourages children to wonder about the distinctive features of the landscape about them and how they came to be that way

This delightful picture-book biography of the environmentalist has engaging illustrations and accessible

[V]iewers will still be hard put to look away from the pictures--or to miss out on his strong and contagious affinity for the creatures he portrays

Charles Cornwallis

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) watercolor Encourages children to wonder aboutWhile exploring the environs of their summer home, five brothers and sisters find a Psammead, or Sand fairy, in a nearby gravel pit: Its eyes were on long horns like a snails eyes, and it could move them in and out like telescopes; it had ears like a bats ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spiders and covered with thick soft fur; its legs and arms were furry too, and it had hands and feet like a monkeys. The Psammead is magical and, every day,