E Nesbit
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Eight fun and fantastical children’s tales featuring marvelous dragons, from the author of The Railway Children and The Story of the Treasure Seekers.
Embark on an amazing journey through a world of dragons with these eight tales from the acclaimed imagination of E. Nesbit. In “The Book of the Beasts,” a boy becomes king and is not prepared for the powerful magic inside a book he finds in the palace
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Publisher
T. Fisher Unwin
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a 1907 collection published by E. Nesbit with the intention of entertaining young readers and retelling William Shakespeare's plays in a way they could be easily understood by younger readers. She also included a brief Shakespeare biography, a pronunciation guide to some of the more difficult names and a list of famous quotations, arranged by subject. Some editions are entitled Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare...
Author
Language
English
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Six siblings rally to restore their widowed father’s fortune in this “breakthrough children’s book” (J. K. Rowling).
The Bastable children—Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius—aren’t going to let their family’s trials and tribulations get them down. Banding together—with occasional breaks for fierce arguments—they’re determined to strike it rich...
The Bastable children—Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius—aren’t going to let their family’s trials and tribulations get them down. Banding together—with occasional breaks for fierce arguments—they’re determined to strike it rich...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet who wrote and collaborated on over 60 books of children's fiction, and is considered today to be one of the founders of modern children's literature. Many of Nesbit's works have been adapted for film and plays, and her popular fantasy stories set the standard for modern children's writers like J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewis. This is the second book of Nesbit's three-part Psammead series, so named...