ALMA CLASSICS NEW BOOK INFORMATION CHILDREN’S LIST Five Children and It by E. Nesbit Illustrated by Ella Okstad “Don’t you know a sand-fairy when you see one?” SELLING POINTS: • New edition of one of the most popular children’s classics • Illustrated by Ella Okstad • Beautifully packaged • Includes extra material for young readers DESCRIPTION: SERIES: Alma Classics / When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother start exploring a gravel pit Children not far from their new countryside home, they make an unexpected and very curious February 23rd 2017 • £6.99 discovery. The gravel pit is home to a Psammead, a sand fairy. This ugly creature has 978-1-84749-636-2 eyes like a snail, ears like a bat and the body of a spider, and is very grumpy indeed. 160 pp • PB He grants the children one wish every day, and though they are excited to have all Subject: YFA their desires fulfi lled, they soon realize that having one’s wishes come true can have Age Range: 9–11 unexpected consequences… E. Nesbit’s much loved children’s tale has enchanted generations of readers, and has BY THE SAME AUTHOR: been adapted for the screen numerous times – most notably by the BBC in a hugely popular 1990s series. It remains one of the most cherished children’s classics ever written, and an indispensable part of every young reader’s library. “I love E. Nesbit – I think she is great and I identify with the way that she writes. Her children are very real children and she was quite a groundbreaker in her day.” J.K. Rowling THE RAILWAY CHILDREN £6.99 • 978-1-84749-601-0 ILLUSTRATED BY PETER BAILEY ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR: English author and poet Edith Nesbit Ella Okstad is an illustrator born in Trond- (1858–1924) is best remembered as E. heim, Norway, where she lives with her Nesbit, the name she used for all of her husband, three children and a cat. Since children’s books and stories. She achieved graduating from Kent Institute of Art and fame for Five Children and It, The House Design in 2000 she has been working with of Arden and The Railway Children, which well-known publishers and designers in has become one of the most loved classics Norway, the UK and the US. of English literature. TO PLACE YOUR ORDER, PLEASE CONTACT: Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS Tel: 01256 302 692 or Fax: 01256 812 521 FOR SALES ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP Tel: 0207 631 5600 or Fax: 0207 631 5800 For more information about Alma Classics, please visit: www.almaclassics.com.