This is the first library book I ever borrowed. I remember seeing it in the window of the store-front library near where I spent the first ten years of my life. I was at a library sale (probably 20 years later) in a suburban Philadelphia town when I found this copy.

My Childhood collection represents books I remember reading and loving as a young boy. Some are orginal ones I owned, but, unfortunately, most are replacement copies from yard sales, flea markets, and used book stores. I am always on the lookout for a dozen or so, and I am always trying to remember and add new titles. --JJM, 10/15/05