In 1902, four children and their baby brother are spending their summer in the countryside while their parents are away. While playing in a nearby sand pit, the children discover 'It', which turns out to be a Psammead, or sand fairy, thousands of years old and with the power to grant wishes.

The children are stranded on the church tower - the wings the Psammead had granted them have vanished, and all they can do is shout for help. Show less