E. Nesbit 2 hr 57 min read

Nine wonderfully odd fairy tales, the Cockatoucan, a town inside a library, a princess undone by long division, from a mistress of children's fantasy.

E. Nesbit's 1901 collection gathers her most inventive and whimsical short fantasies for children. Witty, magical, endlessly clever. Read it for a delightful set of unlikely tales from one of the greatest of all children's authors, brimming with logic-bending enchantment.

In its time

Published in 1901, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

2 hr 57 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

H. R. Millar