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[[File:Five Children and It.jpg|thumb|The children find the Psammead.]]
''Five Children and It'' is a novel by [[E. Nesbit]] first published in 1902.
 
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Nesbit wrote two sequels: ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'' (1904), in which the second-hand carpet bought for the childrens' nursery turns out to be a [[Flying Carpet]] with the egg of [[The Phoenix]] rolled up in it; and ''The Story of the Amulet'' (1906), in which the children obtain an ancient Egyptian amulet that empowers them to travel through time.
 
''The Phoenix and the Carpet'' was adapted for [[BBC]] TV in the 1970s.
 
''Five Children and It'' and ''The Phoenix and the Carpet'' were adapted for BBC TV in the 1990s, with scripts by Helen Cresswell. There was also ''The Return of the Psammead'', a new story by Cresswell in which a new group of children met the Psammead.