Yet I daresay you believe all that about the earth and the sun, and if so you will find it quite easy to believe that before Anthea and Cyril and the others had been a week in the country they had found a fairy.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Five Children and It'

My younger daughter Gracie's first taste of freedom came when she was 11 and she and her friend Anthea were allowed to visit the luncheonette on our corner because it didn't require crossing any streets.

WSJ: Raising Kids in the City

Cyril and Anthea knew that Australia was not quite so near as all that, but they agreed to stop using the spades and go on with their hands.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Five Children and It'