Too bad, I liked those books. They are weird though.
"Children's" fantasy is often much better than "adult" fantasy, because it's interesting and doesn't bog down into boring allegories, isn't as infested with Tolkien ripoffs, and doesn't have as much bad romance. I still like curling up with a nice E. Nesbit or Lloyd Alexander novel.
What is weird is I don't read much fiction period.
When I was little I loved the Roald Dahl books. "The Witches" was my favorite. With Charlie and the Chocolate Factory coming out Costco had the book for a few bucks so I picked it up and read it again. It made me want to read all his books again.