The complete online text of The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit.

Reviewing Edith Nesbit's verse collection Leaves of Life (1888) in the Socialist periodical To-Day (January 1889), popular novelist Adeline Sergeant singled out for praise Nesbit's "passionate sympathy," her "fine enthusiasm for splendid deeds," and her...

Edith Nesbit, one of the most prolific writers of fantasy both for children and adults, is best known for two series of children's stories, the Bastable books and her "magic" series, which were praised in her own time by Rudyard Kipling and H.G. Wells. S...

Edith Nesbit Bland, often considered the originator of the juvenile fantasy novel, discovered her vocation as a children's writer late and reluctantly. Disappointed by the reception of her lyric poetry, she found the ideal outlet for her wit and exuberan...

(unabr.) 4 cassettes. 5:15 hrs. Recorded Books. 2001. ISBN 04025-0708-9. $37 (Rental: $11.50) Gr 3-6--Originally published in 1899, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Puffin, 1996) was E. Nesbit's first full-length novel. The childhood adventures of the Bastible brood in turn-of-the-century England...

Ariel Snyder walks through the hall at Ashland United Methodist Church on a hot June night, past rooms with doors decorated like caves and explorers' tents. She walks down the stairs to a room with a cream tarp perched over the door and a...