Five Children and It

Edith Nesbit (15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet. She wrote or collaborated on over sixty books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television, including The Railway Children and Five Children and It and its sequels in the Psammead trilogy. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation lat...