Nesbit…To come upon any Nesbit today, hitherto unread,…is like receiving a letter from a friend whom you have believed dead….It doesn't really matter what her children do, they are real children, quite self-sufficient, almost always very funny and rarely insufferable. Chesterton and Noel Coward - for these and thousands more, the most magical stories of modern times are those by that Edwardian wizard E. Nesbit as the best writer for children ever.” -Washington Post Book World “ could present everyday people caught up in supernatural situations just as naturally as she permits the realistic details of everyday life to obtrude into her world of fantasy.”- Horn Book Her children are very real children and she was quite a groundbreaker in her day.” -J K Rowling “I love E Nesbit - I think she is great and I identify with the way that she writes.
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