I found this book by one of my favorite authors at a yard sale in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.

This book was in Oklahoma with me for a while and has now moved to Waldorf, Maryland.

At one point in time I wanted to collect the entire series as a set and release them together but now I realize how long that ay take me and I would much rather make room on my physical bookshelves for books that are not duplicates of ones that I already have. In addition, this book starts a series that I have enjoyed time and time again. I will be keeping my original set most likely for forever just because I know that I will always find comfort within the pages.

I hope that someone finds this book and enjoys it enough to go and search out the other books in the series.

RELEASE NOTES:

This book was released at the
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE BOOK
festival in Old Town Kensington.

Welcome to Old Town Kensington's Celebration of the International Day of the Book.

April 23 is a symbolic day in world literature. Declared as International Day of the Book by UNESCO in 1995, this celebration of books and literature draws it's inspiration from a Catalan tradition, the Festival of the Rose.

Legend has it that Saint George, Patron Saint of Catalonia and international knight-errant, slew a dragon about to devour a beautiful Catalan princess. From the dragon's blood sprouted a rosebush, from which the hero plucked the prettiest rose for the princess. Hence the traditional Rose Festival celebrated in Barcelona since the Middle Ages to honor chivalry and love. In 1923, this lover's "festa" became even more poetic when it merged with "el dia del llibre", or The Day of the Book, to mark the nearly simultaneous deaths of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, the two giants of literary history, on April 23, 1616.

On this day in Barcelona, bookstalls and street festivities run the length of the picturesque La Rambla, the old city's main boulevard and, according to the Spanish author Garcia Lorca, "the only street in the world which I wish would never end".

The Town of Kensington, Kensington Literary Group, and the Pauli Bellet Foundation Catalan Library, invite you to celebrate this wonderful day on Howard Ave, our "La Rambla".

We hope that you enjoy the book!