Anybody ever read "The Pushcart War" ? It was one of my favorite children's books. I can't remember the author. It was about a war between the pushcart peddlers and the truckers who kept getting bigger and bigger and putting the pushcarts out of business.
I also enjoyed the "Over Sea Under Stone" series by Susan (something or other). It might have been my earliest introduction to fantasy, and then I was hooked. Dr. Suess goes without saying. Victor Johnson http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson "Velveteen rabbits and moonbeams, Come when you lay down your head. While you are sleeping, they kiss you and tell you, That you are the reason the sun lights the sky." Scarlet-V. Johnson
