5 children & it (DVD) [WorldCat Entities]

"Five children and it"
"Five children & IT"
"Five children & it"@en
"5 children and it"
"5 children & It"@en
"Five children and It"@en

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"Set during World War I in England, five children are sent to live with their eccentric uncle where they discover a fairy named It who grants them a wish every day."
"With their father away at war and their mother nursing the wounded, five children from London are sent away to stay with their uncle. While exploring, they discover an 8,000 year old sand fairy, a Psammead."
"With their father away at war and their mother nursing the wounded, five children from London are sent away to stay with their uncle. While exploring, they discover an 8,000 year old sand fairy, a Psammead."@en
"What would you wish for if you were granted a new wish every day? That's the interesting situation five children face when they're sent to live with their eccentric uncle in his moldering mansion while their father fights in World War I. There they discover It, a fairy who makes their wishes come true."@en
"Based on the 1902 novel by Edith Nesbit, the story tells of five kids sent to stay with their uncle in a strange house by the sea. While exploring, they dig up a Sand Fairy who grants them one wish every day, lasting until sunset."@en
"Based on the book of the same name by E. Nesbit."
""It" is a mystical creature (voiced by Eddie Izzard), an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them a wish a day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing."
"What if you befriended a magical creature who could make your most fantastic wishes come true? Meet the Psammead, an ancient and grumpy sand fairy who transforms an ordinary summer holiday into an extraordinary adventure for five siblings."@en
"Five children staying at their uncle's house found a "sand fairy" who has the ability to grant wishes. However the kids discover that the wishes only last for 24 hours and that they have a strange habit of backfiring on their beneficiaries."@en
"When Cyril, Anthea, Bob and Jane discover the sand pit, home of the Psammead, a sand fairy with the ability to make wishes come true, their adventures -and troubles -are just beginning."