Four Children and It
By (Author) Jacqueline Wilson
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
24th July 2013
9th May 2013
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
823.92
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 21mm
227g
A funny and heartwarming new take on E. Nesbit's classic story, now a major motion picture starring Michael Caine and Matthew Goode. Rosalind is the eldest sister. Robbie is her younger brother. Smash is their stepsister and she isn't too happy about it. Maudie is the baby of the family. Now you've met the four children. But what is IT A number one bestselling story of four children who discover an extraordinary way to make wishes come true, inspired by E Nesbit's classic, Five Children and It.
Jacqueline Wilson, the creator of Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather, is a multi-award-winning author and consistent favourite with children and critics. A former Children's Laureate, Jacqueline has won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Children's Book of the Year Award. The CBBC adaptation of The Story of Tracy Beaker is one of the channel's highest-rating shows ever. Jacqueline is a visiting professor of creative writing at Roehampton University and is also their Chancellor and was appointed a Dame for services to children's literature. Born in Bath in 1945, Jacqueline has lived most of her life in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. She has one daughter, two pampered cats and an energetic dog.