Anne McCaffrey's books were a huge part of Carolyn's and my life when she was a little girl. We read the Pern books every night for many years, and the 5 stuffed dragons of various colors that I sewed for Carolyn one Xmas are still perched high on the beams in her room at home. I hope she has a little girl some day who will treasure them (and Anne's books) as much as Carolyn did when she was a girl.