The Carpet People

I'm willing to cut my favourite author some slack as this was his first published book, and it came out more than 50 years ago. 
That being said, here's a fairly objective breakdown of the pros and cons.
Cons:
-Have a suspicion that this borrows a little too much inspiration from indigenous people stereotypes to be viewed uncritically in the 21st century. 
-Weirdly enough, considering the amount of reprints, it feels like it still needs one more run through with spellcheck (which I guess is a computer feature that didn't exist when it was first published...)
-Pacing drags a little

On the one hand congratulations on the imagination, on the other hand, thinking about everything that might be deposited or living in a carpet makes me really glad to be in a bare floored apartment 😝

Pros:
-Similar to Tiffany Aching books in the Discworld series, Pratchett obviously started out early with an affinity for introducing heavier topics, harsher truths in a quiet, matter of fact way to a younger audience.
-Short termagant interlude so quietly, achingly sad. 
-Pones are my new favourite fantasy creature.
-Illustrations a black-and-white Roald Dahl/Shel Silverstein vibes

Themes:
-Ideas of destiny, of choice, of telling stories and taking action so they become truth
-What you choose to fight for, contrasted with the nonsensical nature of most conflicts between peoples 
-Fairly sophisticated evil bureaucratic machinations, (playing on leaders' fears and superstition, conquering from within to obtain materials and labour source and food, to harvest further resources), given the probable reading demographic