E. Nesbit
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
A mother and her three Edwardian children move to a country house in Yorkshire after the mysterious disappearance of their father. The children become fascinated by a nearby train and their kindness helps them befriend an older gentleman who may be able to solve the mystery of their missing father.
Publisher
Anchor Bay
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
The Waterbury family are completely happy until mysterious men take their father away and they have to move up to Yorkshire without him. The three open-hearted children soon make many friends including their Old Gentleman whom they regularly wave to on his morning train journey. Bobbie, the eldest girl, makes contact with him to try and get help for the problems they are facing. Meanwhile the children find themselves involved in several unexpected...
Series
Publisher
Sandstar Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Charming adaptation of the Edith Nesbit novel about 5 motherless children in England during the turn of the century trying to help their financially strapped father-inventor who is on the verge of a breakthrough in refrigeration. Initially it appears that everything they try turns into a catastrophe but all their good intentions ultimately pay off and dovetail together.
11) Four kids and It
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Four children on holiday with their parents in Cornwall, England meet a magical creature with the power to grant wishes. They find out the hard way that the sand fairy's wishes only last until sundown, and they aren't the only family member who would like to be using the magic.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Reluctant dragon: The boy who finds a dragon in a cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the villagers and St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for alarm? Book of beasts: As young King Lionel turns the pages of his magical book, a hungry red dragon and other creatures in the illustrations come to life.