wife Betty, who died in 1993, had three children. His son Paul Fleischman followed him into the world of children's books. They are the only parent and child who've both won the Newbery Medal, the venerable American Library Association award that annually recognizes the "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". Fleischman maintained an interest in magic all his life, hosting monthly meetings of Los Angeles magicians at his home, publishing occasional articles in magic journals, and summing up what he had learned in The Charlatan's Handbook (1993). For young magicians, he wrote Mr. Mysterious's Secrets of Magic (1975). Fleischman's other interests included gardening, astronomy, hand-printing, radio, and classical guitar. Fleischman died on March 17, 2010, one day after his 90th birthday. Works Fiction for children or young adults Mr. Mysterious & Company (1962), first children's book By the Great Horn Spoon! (1963) The Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1965) Chancy and the Grand Rascal (1966) McBroom Tells the Truth (1966) McBroom and the Big Wind (1967) McBroom's Ear (1970/1969) Longbeard the Wizard (1970) Jingo Django (1971) McBroom's Ghost (1971) McBroom's Zoo (1971/1972) The Wooden Cat Man (1972) McBroom the Rainmaker (1973) The Ghost on Saturday Night (1974) McBroom Tells a Lie (1976) Me and the Man on the Moon-Eyed Horse (1977); U.K. title, The Man on the Moon-Eyed HorseKate's Secret Riddle Book (1977) McBroom and the Beanstalk (1978) Humbug Mountain (1978) Jim Bridger's Alarm Clock (1978) The Hey Hey Man (1979) McBroom and the Great Race (1980) The Bloodhound Gang The Case of the Cackling Ghost (1981) The Case of the Flying Clock (1981) The Case of the Secret Message (1981) The Case of Princess Tomorrow (1981) The Case of the 264 Pound Burglar (1982) The Bloodhound Gang's Secret Code Book (1982) McBroom's Almanac (1982/1984) The Whipping Boy (1986) The Scarebird (1988) The Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1999/1989) The Midnight Horse (1990) Jim Ugly (1992) The 13th Floor: A ghost story (1995) Bandit's Moon (1998) A Carnival of Animals (2000) Bo and Mzzz Mad (2001) Disappearing Act (2003) The Giant Rat of Sumatra (2005)The White Elephant (2006)The Entertainer and the Dybbuk (2008)The Dream Stealer (2009) Nonfiction The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996) ‡Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini (2006)The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West (2008)Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World (2010) ‡ For