Anticipating The Phoenix and the Carpet

I had never heard of this book when I saw it on the list so I decided to look it up. The story sounds really fun and whimsical. Then I was talking to my best friend about the books that we were reading and she had heard of this book. She told me that another author, Edward Eager, who's books we had read when we were younger, was a big fan of E. Nesbit. The books that Eager wrote, my favorite being Knight's Castle, are similar to those of Nesbit. Because I love Eager's books so much I am very excited to read The Phoenix and the Carpet. It seems to me like it will be a more classic fantasy story that people associate with children's literature.