Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (15 August 1858 — 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published books for children and others as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than sixty such books. Nesbit was also a political activist and co-founder of the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party. Among her best-known work include The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899), Five Children and It (1902), The Phoenix and the Cabinet (1904), and The Railway Children (1906).

Works

6.7

The Railway Children

At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

Release Date2000-09-11

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count25

6.7

The Railway Children

At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

Release Date1970-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count96

The Phoenix and the Carpet
5.8

The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet is an eight-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same name. Produced by the BBC, it aired from 29 December 1976 to 16 February 1977. Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home.

Release Date1976-12-29

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count8

Vote Count4

5.3

The Treasure Seekers

Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially strapped father.

Release Date1996-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count6

5.6

Five Children and It

The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making.

Release Date2004-10-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count226

Onegai! Samia-don
6.5

Onegai! Samia-don

Please! Psammea-don is a Japanese anime that was broadcast from 2 April 1985 to 4 February 1986 with a total of 78 episodes produced. This anime is based on the 1902 novel Five Children and It by English author Edith Nesbit. The anime differs from the novel in revolving around four children rather than five. Three of the children are siblings while the fourth is their friend and neighbor. The four children encounter the Psammead who, in the anime, is depicted as being yellow with a blue hat, and more of a grumpy and lazy being than mischievous. In Latin America, the series was known as Samed, el duende mágico and in France and Quebec as Sablotin. In the Arab world, it was known as Moghamarat Samid.

Release Date1985-04-02

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count39

Vote Count2

The Sand Fairy

The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making. A feature-length edit of the BBC miniseries.

Release Date1992-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Five Children and It
5.2

Five Children and It

The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making.

Release Date1991-01-09

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count6

Vote Count6

6.5

The Railway Children Return

Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.

Release Date2022-07-15

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count262

The Railway Children
5.5

The Railway Children

At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

Release Date1968-05-12

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count7

Vote Count2

The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet is a six-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same name. Produced by HIT Entertainment for BBC One, it aired from 16 November to 21 December 1997. Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home.

Release Date1997-11-16

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count6

Lemmi and the Bookworms
8.5

Lemmi and the Bookworms

Lemmi und die Schmöker (English: Lemmi and the Bookworms) was a German children's television series that presented books from 1973 to 1979 and again in a second series in 1983.

Release Date1973-04-08

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

The Railway Children

The Railway Children

The first BBC TV version was presented as an 8 part x 30mins. serial between 6 Feb 1951 and 27 Mar 1951. The original production was broadcast live from the Children's TV studio at Lime Grove. There was one transmission during the week with a live repeat, often with a totally different crew, on Sundays. In those days, the amount of telecine (film inserts) was relatively small, so there was great pressure on the actors and the camera crews.

Release Date1951-02-06

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

The Return of the Psammead
6.0

The Return of the Psammead

Four children encounter the magic powers of Psammead, the sand fairy.

Release Date1993-01-06

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

The Sand Creature

The Sand Creature

Piesočná potvorka (lit. The Sand Creature) is a 1985 Czech television miniseries based on Edith Nesbit's 1904 children's novel Five Children and It. The four Majer children—Janka, Braň, Cyril and Vladek—spend holidays together at a cottage, with their aunt Marta, who takes care of them in their parents' absence. One day, the older children decide to dig in an old sandbox and find an ancient wonder: Brontofusika, a prehistoric creature that can grant wishes. So Janka wishes that everyone would be as beautiful as the heroes from a fairy tale. It happens. No one recognizes the children in this disguise, not even their own aunt, which brings a lot of funny but also unpleasant situations. But the magic only works until sunset!

Release Date1985-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Episode Count7

10.0

The Railway Children

At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home. This stage-to-screen version, filmed at the National Railway Museum, features the steam train from the much-loved original feature film.

Release Date2016-11-14

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

4.8

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home.

Release Date1995-11-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count5

The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls

The reputation of the Academy for the Daughters of Respectable Monarchs has, of course, always been of the highest order... then suddenly Signor Doloro de Lara— a Professor of Magic—puts in an unwelcome appearance, and the enchanting little world is turned upside down.

Release Date1980-12-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home. A truncated edit of the three-hour miniseries for the home video market.

Release Date1997-11-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter