diff --git a/src/epub/content.opf b/src/epub/content.opf index 487d90d..3652670 100644 --- a/src/epub/content.opf +++ b/src/epub/content.opf @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ url:https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/e-nesbit/five-children-and-it - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z + 2020-10-14T02:04:28Z + 2020-10-14T02:04:28Z The source text and artwork in this ebook edition are believed to be in the U.S. public domain. This ebook edition is released under the terms in the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, available at https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. For full license information see the Uncopyright file included at the end of this ebook. Standard Ebooks Standard Ebooks @@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ Unknown Childrens Fantasy - Psammead trilogy + Psammead Trilogy set 1 Five children encounter an ancient magical creature who grants them wishes—all of which go comically wrong. - <p>Initially published in <i>The Strand Magazine</i>, which explains its episodic nature, <i>Five Children and It</i> was later collected into a book. Like many of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/e-nesbit">E. Nesbit</a>’s works, it has proven popular with children and adults to this day. It has been adapted into a TV series, a musical, a film, and even an anime series.</p> - <p>In this story, five siblings encounter an ancient magical creature in a gravel pit. The Psammead, as it calls itself, grants each of them a wish per day, with the restriction that it ends at sunset. As expected, all of the children’s wishes go comically wrong and it is up to them to solve the problems they have created.</p> - <p>E. Nesbit’s enduring popularity is due in large part to the way she addressed children. Like <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/lewis-carroll">Lewis Carrol</a> and <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/kenneth-grahame">Kenneth Grahame</a>, she engaged children seriously, tapping into their imagination, without any condescension. C.S Lewis admired her, and the grumpy (but kind) sand-sorcerer Psamathos in <i>Roverandom</i>, a story J.R.R. Tolkien wrote for his own children, bears a striking resemblance to the Psammead—indeed, an early version of the story featured the creature itself!</p> + <p>Initially published in <i>The Strand Magazine</i>, which explains its episodic nature, <i>Five Children and It</i> was later collected into a book. Like many of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/e-nesbit">E. Nesbit’s</a> works, it has proven popular with children and adults to this day. It has been adapted into a TV series, a musical, a film, and even an anime series.</p> + <p>In this story, five siblings encounter an ancient magical creature in a gravel pit. The Psammead, as it calls itself, grants each of them a wish per day, with the restriction that it ends at sunset. As expected, all of the children’s wishes go comically wrong, and it’s up to them to solve the problems they created.</p> + <p>E. Nesbit’s enduring popularity is due in large part to the way she addresses children. Like <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/lewis-carroll">Lewis Carrol</a> and <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/kenneth-grahame">Kenneth Grahame</a>, she engages children seriously, tapping into their imagination without any condescension. C. S. Lewis admired her, and the grumpy (but kind) sand-sorcerer Psamathos in <i>Roverandom</i>, a story J. R. R. Tolkien wrote for his own children, bears a striking resemblance to the Psammead—indeed, an early version of the story featured the creature itself!</p> en-GB https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/778 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102194982 - WORD_COUNT - READING_EASE + 54681 + 81.02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It https://github.com/standardebooks/e-nesbit_five-children-and-it E. Nesbit @@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ mrk pfr tyg + Alex Cabal + Cabal, Alex + https://alexcabal.com + pfr diff --git a/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml b/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml index 984e933..ca202b3 100644 --- a/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml +++ b/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by
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