E Nesbit

Tradition says that dragons come in many shapes and sizes but they all breathe fire, whisk fierce, scaly tails and frighten local villagers. Whenever they can, they capture princesses and take them to their caves. But this is not always the case. In these four stories, the authors introduce some very different kinds of dragons. One, for example, just wants to sit quietly in his cave and write poetry and really doesn't want to fight St. George; in...

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English author and poet who wrote and collaborated on over 60 books of children's fiction, and is considered today to be one of the founders of modern children's literature. Many of Nesbit's works have been adapted for film and plays, and her popular fantasy stories set the standard for modern children's writers like J. K. Rowling and C. S. Lewis. This is the second book of Nesbit's three-part Psammead series, so named...

"When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them." --

A collection of tales which shows how dragons can shape the fates of princes, queens, and ordinary children.

When their father is sent away to prison, three London children move to the country where they keep busy preventing accidents on the nearby railway, making many new friends, and generally learning a good deal about themselves.

"Your wish has been granted! The Psammead returns. George, Ellie, Pip, and Lucy arrive in the country to visit their stern Aunt Constance. They are determined to be "good as gold," but when they meet the Psammead, an ancient wish-granting sand fairy, they embark on a series of magical misadventures." --

The Femme Fatales Of Horror. Volume 1. Women, so often referred to as the gentler sex, in this volume at least, is an unfounded and unlikely description. From their minds and pens comes a series of macabre, twisted, tales that are anything but gentle. But as they weave their magic, usually black, and mesh you into their narrative you just know "sugar and spice and all things nice" are not likely to be what little girls really are made of and certainly

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A terrible doom falls over the house of Bastable! Widower Richard Bastable faces financial ruin if he cannot complete his new invention, a refrigeration machine. With creditors at their doorstep, his five imaginative and michievous children team up "to restore the fortunes of our house."