The children find an egg in the nursery carpet, hatch a Phoenix in the fire, and learn that the carpet grants three wishes a day — which is enough for a French tower, a treasure island, a burglary and a cow in a lecture hall. Nesbit wrote the middle book of the Psammead trilogy for a magazine, a chapter a month, and the deadline shows in the best possible way. The Phoenix is the most conceited creature in English children's books and knows it.
Five Children and It
The Story of the Amulet : Four Children and the Psammead in the Ancient World
The Story of the Treasure Seekers : Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
The Railway Children : Three Suburban Children Beside a Country Line
The Railway Children : Three Suburban Children Beside a Country Line
The Book of Dragons : Tales of Dragons and the Children Who Faced Them
The Incomplete Amorist : An Art Student in the Latin Quarter
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
John Charrington's Wedding
Fyrbenta hemligheter: Berättelser från djurens värld
The Story of the Treasure Seekers