# Five Children and It — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Five Children and It by E. Nesbit.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/dedication.md): A poetic dedication to a young child named John Bland, affectionately called 'My Lamb,' acknowledging his current inability to read while expressing a bittersweet anticipation of the day he will grow up and read the book
- [Five Children and It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/five-children-and-it.md): The five children—Robert, Cyril, Anthea, Jane, and the Lamb—move to a new house in the countryside and discover a sand-fairy, the Psammead, who grants them one wish per day that lasts until sunset. Their first wish to be
- [Beautiful as the Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/i-beautiful-as-the-day.md): The five children—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and the Lamb—move to the White House in the countryside, where they discover a sand-fairy called a Psammead in a gravel-pit. The Psammead grants them one wish per day, and t
- [Golden Guineas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/ii-golden-guineas.md): The children attempt to spend their fairy gold, only to discover that shopkeepers refuse to accept it as currency. They hire a pony-cart to Rochester, but their efforts to buy goods are repeatedly rebuffed. The chapter e
- [III: Being Wanted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/iii-being-wanted.md): The children reflect on their disappointing wishes for beauty and wealth, then deal with a chaotic breakfast involving the Lamb and goldfish. Afterward, they discuss the Psammead and decide to wish the Lamb away, but the

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- [Wings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/iv-wings.md)
- [No Wings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/v-no-wings.md)
- [VI: A Castle and No Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/vi-a-castle-and-no-dinner.md)
- [VII: A Siege and Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/vii-a-siege-and-bed.md)
- [Bigger Than the Baker’s Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/viii-bigger-than-the-baker-s-boy.md)
- [Grown Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/ix-grown-up.md)
- [X: Scalps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/x-scalps.md)
- [XI: The Last Wish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/five_children_and_it_se/chapters/xi-the-last-wish.md)

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