Which modern children’s author, a former Children’s Laureate, wrote ‘4 Children and It’ in 2012?
Five Children and It the plot of "Half Magic" (1954) by Edward Eager, an American author of children's books. "The Return of the Psammead" (1992) by Helen Cresswell concerns another family of Edwardian children who discover the Psammead. "Four Children and It" (2012) by Jacqueline Wilson is a contemporary version of the story in which four children from a modern blended family encounter the Psammead. One of the children has read the original book and wishes to meet Cyril, Anthea, Jane and Robert. In "Five Children on the Western Front" (2014) by Kate Saunders, set nine years after the original story, the five children
Children of the Stones been almost universally praised as an outstanding children's series. Comedian Stewart Lee commended the series in the 2007 BBC Four series "Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe". Lee commented on depictions of teenagers on television in different decades, contrasting "Children of the Stones" with Channel 4's modern drama "Skins", highlighting how "Children of the Stones" was still relevant to a modern audience. Several clips of the story were shown. In 2012 Lee narrated a documentary on the series for BBC Radio Four. It was introduced as "the scariest programme ever made for children", highlighting the eerie music and commenting that it was "the