Five Children and IT E . Nesbit

Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and Hilary are playing in a sand pit, and that's when they see it-a bizarre creature that has eyes like a snail's, cars like a bat's, and body like a spider's. This ancient sand-fairy, who is going to be their new friend, has the ability to grant wishes. The children are cestatic. Unimaginable riches, unmatchable beauty, and even the power to fly, nothing is beyond their reach. Now, they must have it all. But their simple wishes come at the price of disastrous consequences. The children just cannot seem to stay out of trouble they are shut out of their own house, get stuck on Top of a tower, and have their baby brother turn into an eleven foot tall giant. And their misadventures have only just begun.