Pullman/daemon/children [Digest urth.v030.n163]

I have an actual child (now 11) who has finished Compass and is reading Subtle_Knife. He had no problem whatsoever with "daemon", and figured out quickly that it was unrelated to "demon", and meant "visible soul". Without reference to a dictionary, as far as I can tell. BTW, he far prefers Lemony Snicket's series to Pullman. -John