I remember walking from the Mayor Wrights Housing to the Children's Section of the Hawaii State Library 3 or 4 times a week. I devoured books by authors such as Walter Farley (the Black Stallion series) and Hugh Lofting (the Dr. DoLittle series). Although I was a boy, I also read books by Lavinia R. Davis, who wrote Hobby Horse Hill. Of course, I never told my friends—they were suppose to be "girls" stories according to the school librarian! Still, she remains one on my favorite authors from my childhood.