I picked this up at the Pulaski Barracks (GERMANY) Thrift Shop that is operated by the Landstuhl-Kaiserslautern Spouses' Association. On the first Saturday of each month they hold a half price sale and I got some great deals on some books that I hope to READ and RELEASE!

This book is a Newbery Medal Winner for the year 1949.

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

This book is on the move and will be sent with the movers from Kaiserslautern, Germany to our new location near Washington, D.C.

The movers will take all of our possessions sometime in July or August and we will get access to them again when we get settled and unpacked in our new house in October or November. This book will be marked as traveling until I get the chance to get all my books out on bookshelves and make new journal entries that will change the status to something more suitable.

This book has been unpacked in Waldorf, Maryland.

One of my favorite features of BookCrossing is the opportunity to track books where ever they may go. We just moved from Waldorf, MD to Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C. and it is time to update each book's location and make sure that we have located each book after the move.

I am trying to set the status of all my books to be correct at this time.

Permanent Collection (PC) means that I plan to keep this book for the foreseeable future.

Available (AVL) means that I have read the book or don't desire to read the book and it is ready to move on in some fashion.

To Be Read (TBR) means that I plan to read it (at least someday) and after I read it I will decide what to do with it.

I reserve the right to change my mind at any time!

Over the years I have collected duplicates of the books that I want to read. It is time now for me to make room on the shelves and allow some books to travel so I culled out the duplicates to keep only one copy.

If I ever get the chance to read a different copy of this book I will edit my comments about it into this space.

This book is being released at the International Day of the Book Festival in Kensington, MD.