Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) flip kit " -- Alexandra Jacobs

" -- Alexandra Jacobs

From ladybugs and lacewings to parasitic wasps and syrphid flies

artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine

Bluebird win his coat

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (Penguin Classics) flip kit " -- Alexandra JacobsWhile exploring the environs of their summer home, five brothers and sisters find a Psammead, or Sand fairy, in a nearby gravel pit: Its eyes were on long horns like a snails eyes, and it could move them in and out like telescopes; it had ears like a bats ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spiders and covered with thick soft fur; its legs and arms were furry too, and it had hands and feet like a monkeys. The Psammead is magical and, every day,