 The book was used in Jerry Spinelli's book "Maniac Magee", where it is the favorite story of Hester and Lester, the younger children of the Beale family from the East End.The book also appears on the U.S. TV series "The Newsroom".In the second-season episode "Unintended Consequences," written by series creator Aaron Sorkin, producer Maggie Jordan (portrayed by Alison Pill) reads the story many times to Daniel, a young Ugandan boy (portrayed by Demoze Talbot) in a remote orphanage while on assignment.