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"The Phoenix and the Carpet" is a 1904 fantasy children's novel by E. Nesbit. The second in a trilogy of novels beginning with "Five Children and It" (1902), it follows the escapades of the same five children: Anthea, Cyril, Robert, Jane and the "Lamb". In this story, the children... Read Full Overview

Puffin Classics bring together the very best children's stories for a whole new generation. In this sequel to FIVE CHILDREN AND IT, the magical adventures of siblings Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother continue.
It's startling enough to have a phoenix hatch... Read Full Overview

Book two in the Psammead Series, "The Phoenix and the Carpet" is Edith Nesbit's classic fantasy novel for children, following the adventures of five siblings: Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and Hilary, who discover a mysterious egg in their new nursery carpet. The egg hatches into... Read Full Overview

The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same five protagonists - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb... Read Full Overview

'I love her books - particularly the Five Children and It sequence' - Neil Gaiman

It's startling enough to have a phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it talks and reveals that you have a magic carpet on the floor. The vain and ancient bird accompanies the children on a series of adventures through time and space. This book is a sequel... Read Full Overview

It began with the day when it was almost the Fifth of November, and a doubt arose in some breast-Robert's, I fancy-as to the quality of the fireworks laid in for the Guy Fawkes celebration.'They were jolly cheap, ' said whoever it was, and I think it was Robert, 'and suppose... Read Full Overview

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) is a children's fantasy novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. The second book in Nesbit's beloved Psammead Trilogy-which also includes Five Children and It (1902) and The Story of the Amulet (1906)-The Phoenix and the... Read Full Overview