From humble beginnings in wartime Peckham, where his first memories are of being carried down into the air-raid shelter by his mother, Phil Harris would go on t

A Magic Carpet Ride is more than just a travel memoir. It is a story within a story about personal journeys as well as travel journeys. Of the many themes, the

Fairy tale, Folklore, Arabs.

Grover imagines that his bedroom rug is a magic carpet on which he and Elmo fly to the seashore, to snowcapped mountains, and to Paris, France.