YMMV / Five Children and It

• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The anime version from The '80s was very well-loved in Latin America.
• Older Than They Think:
  • Nowadays, The Chronicles of Narnia— by C. S. Lewis, a Nesbit fanboy who incorporated elements from The Story of the Amulet into The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, and The Last Battle—is way better known than this series.
  • Edward Eager was also an extreme Nesbit fanboy whose books—particularly Half Magic and The Thyme Garden—are direct loving homages to Five Children and It and The Story of the Amulet, down to containing Shout-Outs to the original books.
• Values Dissonance: There is a lot of racism in the series, written and set in The Edwardian Era. For example, one of the wishes the kids make is to meet "real Indians"—and they almost get scalped by the evil natives they summoned. Uh …
• Values Resonance: However, The Phoenix and the Carpet does portray corrupt police officers, and burglars whose circumstances have driven them to a life of crime. As both are viewed more commonly these days, in that respect, these books were ahead of their time. Well, Edith Nesbit was a hardcore socialist …

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