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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From the PTSA rummage sale at Hahaione Elementary.

Leo learns that there's more to being a king than sitting on a throne and wearing a crown.

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Fourth-quarter themes for Secretariat's 2018 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Release Challenge:

Week 40: fall colors (red, brown)
Week 41: translated books (from German)
Week 46: award-winning authors (multiple awards and countries)
Week 47: cats
Week 48: embedded nouns in author name (fist)
Week 51: H, J, M, and W author names (M)

Earlier 2018 themes:

1st quarter: Week 5: rodents
1st quarter: Week 11: green
2nd quarter: Week 15: animals (no people)
2nd quarter: Week 21: birds
3rd quarter: Week 29: DEFG author surnames (F)
3rd quarter: Week 32: books for kids & teens

Saturday, December 29, 2018: left outside Siam Garden. (Larger photo here.)

Released for the 4th quarter/annual re-do of Secretariat's 2018 NJABBIC challenge and DragonGoddess's Name 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 this 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 your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!