Dandelion Wine

So this is where i became super confused. A mailman delivered some books of "magic" Clara. Mrs. brown is convinced that this is why or what is preventing him from winning the "Presidency of Honeysuckle". I have no idea what that even entails.I have no idea how this story went from fake lawns to building a happiness machine to some lady being accused of being a witch. So apparently it was just a random story that i guess Tom read and for some reason and told Douglas and they are just so amazed by the super relevant story and they're all like "magic and stuff? and they are entertained. Then tom claims that An awful lot f things are going on in their neighborhood. So I'm assuming that that wasn't a story, but it just happened in there town? I'm so confused.