On reflection, I think it might lend itself almost too well - and (taking into account what you say above about Nesbit's intertexts*) this project reveals The Treasure Seekers as the ur-text for much of Wilson's work, in a way that hadn't occurred to me before. (Except that she always uses female narrators.) In fact, she could do it in her sleep - which makes me think that her choice of a Psammead book may be a more interesting one.

I'll certainly read it, anyway. I was impressed by what Hilary McKay did with A Little Princess, so maybe Wilson will come good here.

(On an unrelated note, I have to admit to finding Neil Oliver's accent curiously irritating. Which is a shame, because I like his programmes in almost every other way.)


* Don't forget Edward Eager!