Five Children and It is a childrens novel by English author E Nesbit It was first published as a book in 1902 having been expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead or the Gifts It is the first volume of a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet The book has never been out of print since its initial publication...