reading a steady diet of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1962), Nancy Drew mysteries (1930-), Andrew Lang's Fairy Books (1889-1910), some of the Narnia books [by C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins, 1949-1954), the Oz books [by L. Frank Baum (George M. Hill, 1900-)], Edgar Eager's Half Magic and Eleanor Estes'