{"product_id":"five-children-and-it","title":"Five Children and It","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes... it had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider's and covered with thick, soft fur... and it had hands and feet like a monkey's.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;'It' was the Psammead, the grumpy sand-fairy that could, if in the mood, grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail. Golden guineas are too difficult to spend, wings let them down in a most inconvenient way, and when they wish for Red Indians, the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Generations of children have come to love the fantasy and the whimsy of the stories in the classic book from the author of The Railway Children.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 192 pages | Published December 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63967028773213,"sku":"9781853261244","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781853261244.jpg?v=1774351708","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/five-children-and-it","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}