E. Nesbit

On a summer holiday in the countryside of England, five children suddenly find themselves without the supervision of their parents....

Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathleen can’t go home for their school holiday because their cousin is sick with measles there. Instead, they stay at Kathleen’s school with the French teacher....

Few ghost stories are as chilling as the ones written by Victorian writers. Listen if you dare....

Father has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. Now Mother has moved Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis from London to an old English country house....

The magic Psammead is back! This time the four children, Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane are stuck in London for the Summer....

Six children decide that the only way to restore the fortunes of their family is to go out and do it themselves....

Timeless Tales for Kids is an enchanting compilation of children's classic stories read by an all-star cast....

A BBC Radio collection of dramatisations of E. Nesbit's finest children's books with extra magical readings plus an original drama by Martin Jameson....

All six Bastable children - Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius - are ambitious adventurers, digging detectives and intrepid treasure seekers by nature....

When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country....

"I'm going to believe in magic as hard as I can," said Gerald firmly when they found the beautiful garden with its lake, its yew hedges, and its roses...

Olivia Colman reads E. Nesbit's classic novel. The Railway Children is a masterpiece of children's fiction. It wonderfully evokes a bygone age and is packed with fun, excitement and adventure....

Edith Nesbit was to children in the early 20th century what J.K. Rowling is to today's young generation. Magic, mythical creatures, time travel, charms, words of power... Nesbit's stories have it all....

On a hot, Edwardian summer's day, five children are granted a series of wishes by a strange creature they find....

Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril and the Lamb are on holiday at the White House....

The House of Arden is a timeless tale of adventure, fantasy, and mystery for children (and adults) of all ages....

The Wouldbegoods, a sequel to The Treasure Seekers, reacquaints us with the six Bastable children....

The Bastable children decide to help their father by seeking their fortune in amazing and amusing ways....

Orphaned cousins Jane and Lucilla, both 19, receive the exciting news that their guardian is at last allowing them to leave boarding school. But their rosy future is thwarted when they find he's made some bad investments and fled, leaving them with a cottage in the English countryside....

First published in 1899, The Story of the Treasure Seekers tells the tale of the Bastable children....