Another wonderful book in the same vein, much older, is James Stephens' Crock of Gold. That one is so old you can read it through Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1605 (though I also have an old illustrated version you could borrow sometime if you want).
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Another wonderful book in the same vein, much older, is James Stephens' Crock of Gold. That one is so old you can read it through Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1605 (though I also have an old illustrated version you could borrow sometime if you want).