E. Nesbit

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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E. Nesbit - Wet Magic (version 2)

Are mermaids real? Well of course they are! Just ask the four very English children who, when on vacation by the sea, find out about one being held in a circus and, since 'they die in captivity' decide on a daring...

Mike Justice and 4 more 4 hours 53 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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E. Nesbit - Five Children and It (Version 5)

The book follows the journey of five children who discover a mysterious creature (called by them as It) who grants them their wishes. Join in as they ask for the craziest of wishes, which are granted true for a day! —...

Bhavya 4 hours 52 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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E. Nesbit - Nine Unlikely Tales

Nine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence and the dreadful automatic nagging machine. All are classic-Nesbit:...

Cori Samuel 4 hours 30 minutes

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Action & Adventure

954

E. Nesbit - Story of the Treasure Seekers

This is the story of the Bastable children and their attempts to help the family finances by searching for treasure. (Summary by Karen Savage)

Karen Savage 4 hours 9 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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E. Nesbit - Book of Dragons

A dragon who flies out of a magical book; one whose purr quiets a fussy baby; another who eats an entire pack of tame hunting-hippopotomuses: These eight dragon tales are filled with the imaginative wit of children's...

Laurie Anne Walden 4 hours 7 minutes

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Education

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E. Nesbit - Wings and the Child

«When this book first came to my mind it came as a history and theory of the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys and little things such as a child may find and use. But as I kept the thought by me...

Cori Samuel 3 hours 54 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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E. Nesbit - Grim Tales

A collection of gentle stories that draw us into that hidden world where fear is just around the next corner, and where loving hands can touch across the boundaries of death. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Peter Yearsley 2 hours 34 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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E. Nesbit - Children's Shakespeare

This children's book retells twelve of Shakespeare's most popular plays as stories for children. Each of the plays are rewritten as short stories or fairy tales suitable to keep the attention of child readers or...

Tim Ferreira and 7 more 2 hours 34 minutes

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Single author

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E. Nesbit - Rainbow and the Rose

A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of «The Five Children and It» and «The Railway Children». These poems are primarily for adults, although a few are written for her daughters. The...

Eleanor Howard and 15 more 2 hours 15 minutes

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School

750

E. Nesbit - My School Days

A short memoir about the author's school days, serialised in The Girl's Own Paper from October 1896 to September 1897. It includes stories about teachers, fellow pupils, the things that scared her most as a child...

Cori Samuel 2 hours 14 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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E. Nesbit - Pussy and Doggy Tales

Charming Tales about cats and dogs. (Summary by Elli)

Kara Shallenberg and 3 more 1 hour 31 minutes

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General

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E. Nesbit - Royal Children of English History

From the first chapter: «History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the things that are happening here and now, and that are put in the newspapers, will be...

Cori Samuel 1 hour 12 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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