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First written in 1904, this is one of Edith Nesbit’s best-loved children’s stories. It it the second story about a group of five children—Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb—who live in London.
One day their mother buys a new carpet for the nursery which mysteriously contains a stone egg. When the egg falls into the fire by accident, nobody can possibly imagine what adventures will be unleashed. The egg hatches the Phoenix who reveals that the carpet is in fact a magic wishing carpet, which will take the children on a rollercoaster ride of adventures, scrapes, and mishaps. They end up stuck inside a tunnel with buried treasure, on a sunny southern shore where their cook is made Queen of the Island, having tea with the Rania in India, and even when they are at home in Camden town they mysteriously and unexpectedly become the owners of an unfeasibly large number of cats. There are many more adventures, but you will need to listen and find out more.
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About Edith Nesbit
Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) lived in England and had dreamed of becoming a poet since she was fifteen years old. After her husband fell ill, it was up to her to support her small family. For the next nineteen years, she wrote novels, essays, articles, poems, and short stories; but it was not until 1899, when The Story of the Treasure Seekers was published, that she achieved great success. Her groundbreaking style of depicting realistic, believable children quickly gained a popularity that has lasted for more than a century.
About Cathy Dobson
Cathy Dobson is the author of Planet Germany and a narrator of audiobooks.