Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) watercolor Charles Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis

This delightful picture-book biography of the environmentalist has engaging illustrations and accessible

So this trailblazing young woman singlehandedly started a massive movement that transformed the town into the green

He lives in Massachusetts

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) watercolor Charles CornwallisWhile 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,