A group of children dig up an old, short-tempered sand fairy who awards them a wish for the day in this summer pick from librarian Nancy Pearl. Excerpt: 'Five Children and It' A group of children ...

"It" is a Psammead, an ancient, ugly, and irritable sand fairy the children find one day on a secret beach at their uncle's mansion. It grants them one wish per day, lasting until sunset.

based on E Nesbit's classic children's novel. He plays a garrulous sand fairy who brings excitement into the lives of five children, including Finding Neverland's Freddie Highmore. They may all ...

Theatre at the Tabard presents Five Children and It as their Christmas ... adventure story featuring the mysterious Psammead, a sand fairy whose wish-granting doesn't always turn out as intended.

At the bottom of a hole, the children find a strange furry creature which they learn is a Psammead, or Sand-fairy. The Psammead has magical powers—it can grant each child one wish a day.

It’s the story of five children (including a baby) moving from London to the countryside in Kent, where, in a gravel pit, they discover an ancient sand fairy, the Psammead, who grants them one ...

I don't remember how or when E Nesbit's Five Children and It found its way into ... This is the Psammead, pronounced "Sammy-ad", an ancient sand fairy who can grant wishes – but the wishes ...

Five children chance upon a sand fairy with the ability to make wishes come true. Music by Michael Omer. When Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane discover the sand pit, home of the Psammead ...

Marketing wizards may emphasize the surface similarities between the "Harry Potter" franchise and "Five Children and It ... of an 8,000-year old Psammead (sand fairy) named It.

Nesbit's novel, it's slightly more self-aware than the early-'90s BBC series, which adapted the story of a group of wartime children who discover a mischievous, ancient sand fairy with Blyton ...