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Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit

Ages 8–11 Reading age 9 Novel Set in outdoors and wild places funnyadventurous

Digging in a gravel pit, five children uncover a bad-tempered sand fairy who grants one wish a day. Every wish goes wrong before sunset.

A story about children and magical creatures, funny and adventurous in tone. We would put it with children of 8–11, and at a reading age of about 9 for reading alone.

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