Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) good things Danish gardening celebrity and author

Danish gardening celebrity and author of Containers in the Garden

replicated from beautifully illustrated watercolor painting

There are a mix of both detailed and simple nature-themed drawings for all ages

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Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) good things Danish gardening celebrity and authorWhile 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,