E Nesbit: 132 books

Three children, forced to remain at school during the holidays, go in search of adventure. What they find is a magic castle straight out of a fairy tale, complete with an enchanted princess at the center of a maze. Or is it? The castle turns out to be just a country estate, and the princess is only...

This book presents the history of Royal Children of Kingdom of England. - Alfred the Great - Prince Arthur - Henry the Third - The First Prince of Wales - Edward the Black Prince - Henry the Fifth and the Baby King.

A series of short stories, some magical, some full of adventure. Contents An object of value and virtue -- The runaways -- The arsenicators: a tale of crime -- The enchanceried house -- Molly, the measles, and the missing will -- Billy and William -- The twopenny spell -- Showing off;...

Gerald, Cathy y Jimmy llegan a un jardín encantado donde despiertan a una hermosa princesa, que lleva dormida cien años. Pero las cosas no siempre son como aparentan ser. En realidad se trata de Mabel, la sobrina del ama de llaves, pero el jardín sí que está encantado, ¡y el anillo que se pone...

The story of some entertaining children who have a remarkable talent for inventing ingenious forms of mischief and are blessed with singularly long-suffering guardians, notable "Albert's uncle," who manages to recognize the virtuous intentions of the "Wouldbegoods," in spite of the endless annoyance to which the children subject him.

Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red–roofed house in a little red–roofed town. They had a little garden and a little balcony, and a little stable with a little pony in it—and a little cart for the pony to draw; a little canary hung in a little cage in the little bow–window,...

When their father is accused of being a spy, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are forced to move to a house in the country with their mother. Though they miss their father, they come to love their new home and have many exciting adventures. Then, with the help of an Old Gentleman, they prove their father's innocence and the family is reunited at last.

In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-mannered siblings are greatly altered when, one evening, two men arrive at the house and take their father away. With the family's fortunes considerably reduced in his absence, the children and their...

The kids from Five Children and It are back, and this time they've discovered a flying carpet! Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb, are playing in the nursery with fireworks when they inadvertently burn the rug. The replacement carpet, a secondhand item of unknown origins,...

Another delightful story about the six Bastable children, who, as "The Would-Be Goods" and "The Treasure Seekers," have already won the hearts of many readers.

A short collection of seven ghostly tales by the author better known for her works for younger readers, like The Railway Children and Five Children and It. Of the seven, two are extraordinarily slight (one has the feel of a retold urban legend), and most of the seven are a tad predictable in that they hinge on the meme of love being more powerful than death.

Edward has inherited some money, and he decides he'd like to tramp around England a bit. At his first stop he befriends a young boy and builds him a toy airplane. But his country idyll takes an adventurous turn when he happens upon a young woman who seems to be unnaturally nervous about her home life....