A review by leskit
The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit

3.0

I enjoyed reading this as a followup to Five Children and It. The author writes well and I thought it was amusing although I'm quite sure I didn't read it the way children might. The book was written in 1904 and so there are some issues or problems with it. Attitudes towards servants and "boys don't do this and girls do that" sort of thing. The most egregious although I don't believe it was intended to be mean-spirited was the many references to "copper colored savages." This is definitely worth discussing with any child who reads the book. I agree with the reviewers who gave it few stars and pointed out the flaws. Not all books age well. I found it amusing and worth reading. It's interesting to get a look into another world and time.