Purchased from the Germantown Library used book sale in February 2024. I picked this up because I didn't think I had read any of Pearl Buck's books before. I enjoyed this story - it read like a fable.

This copy has "Douglas" written on the inside front cover. This is a Scholastic school market (book fair) edition.

This will be available at the Kensington Day of the Book Festival.

If you find this book in the wild, please make a journal entry so I can see its journey!

Picked this book from the BookCrossing table at the Kensington Day of the Book festival yesterday. I've recently re-discovered Pearl S. Buck. I had no idea she wrote children's books.

This book children's book by Peal S. Buck is set in Japan c.1940's. A Tsunami completely destroys a fishing villiage at the base of a mountain. The farmers living on the mountain are safe. This is a story about the power of nature, friendship, family, life, death and the resilience of the human spirit.

Read for the 2024 Around the World BC forum reading challenge. https://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6/592087 This book is set in Japan.

Releasing this book to friend and fellow BC'er 6of8 for the 2024 Around the World BC forum reading challenge.

To the person who finds this book.....
Keep it or release it, read it or not, but please make a journal entry to let me know it's been found. Keep it, pass it on to a friend or release it into the wild.... let the journey continue.....

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Zippy brought this book to the festival for me to read for the 666 Challenge.

A friend brought me this book to read for the 666 Challenge. I had enough time today to read it. The story of the tsunami and the importance of living despite the reality of death were interesting and thought-provoking.

Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.

This softcover (c. 1948) came from BookCrosser 6of8 to me after the rainy Gaithersburg Book Festival ended. Thank you!

Enjoy the book!

I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere.

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Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!

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Enjoy the book!