The Time Bike Author:Jane Langton "Langton's lovely fantasy soars like her dear child heroine, Georgie, and the Goose Prince who carries her off to help fulfill her dream of flying. The little girl is blessed with devoted kin, her mother and stepfather who run a school near Walden Pond, and teenaged stepcousins Eddy and Eleanor. Georgie and the Goose Prince, a Canadian goose who... more » lags behind his flock to teach the human fledgling, revel in their nocturnal flights and friendship. But officious neighbors come perilously close to changing an idyll into tragedy. Langton has been honored for this haunting, funny and unforgettable story with perfectly individualized characters, and no wiff of unearned emotion to mar its beauty." Publishers Weekly« less