This is not an ordinary book: it's a BookCrossing book! BookCrossing books are world travelers - they like to have adventures and make new friends...and every once in a while they even write home to say what they've been doing.

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Little Golden Book: story by Susanne Santoro Whayne; illustrations by Christopher Santoro.

Picked up at a neighborhood garage sale. (Larger photo here - after following link, click on image to zoom.)

Sunday, December 18, 2016: I was going to try to find a spot to release this in or near Little Village, so I had it on the chair next to me in the restaurant. A woman walking by noticed and commented about the book, so I gave it to her. Merry Christmas!

Released for Secretariat's 2016 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Challenge (week 51: title words starting with the letters in GIFT) and NancyNova's December Christmas challenge.

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I'm so glad you've found this book!

Please take a moment to make a journal entry and let the book's previous readers know that it's safe with you.

How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?

It's now your book, for you to do with as you please: keep it, pass it to a friend, or maybe even leave it where someone else can find it!

If you've ever wondered where your books go after they leave your hands, join BookCrossing and you may find out: you'll be able to follow the further adventures of your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

(Think of it like Where's George for books: a little like geocaching or a treasure hunt - you can follow a registered book's journey every time someone makes a new entry. Some BookCrossers even leave books *in* geocaches!)

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!