Reuniting With an Old Friend

Our Tuesday Fox often suggests topics referring to books we’ve either read or want to read. This time, she asked us to name a book from our youth that we’d like to own now. I really struggled with this topic. I think I’ve mentioned that I rarely re-read books, just as I don’t like to re-watch movies. Even though I had favorites, I’ve never had the desire to go back and spend time on something that I’ve already lived through, other than instruction books and photo albums. That said, I tend to keep things that have sentimental value to me, and there’s one book that stands out as one I like to refer to when showing people about my Japanese heritage. 

Three years ago, we were asked to name books that influenced us, and I mentioned a book called Taro and the Tofu by Masako Matsuno. You can find that post HERE. At that time, I explained that this was the first book I owned that illustrated the culture that my mother came from, as well as my dad’s parents. I ended my post by saying that I intended to purchase the book to read to my youngest grandkids. 

Apparently, that plan never made it to my to-do list, because I didn’t get around to purchasing the book, and I haven’t read it to my grandkids, who are now ten and seven years old. But when I saw this topic on the schedule, I remembered that plan, and I immediately began to search for it. Since I’ve often mentioned this title, it occurred to me that my references would hold more weight if I had an actual copy of the book. I was astonished to find several copies available, and selected one that purported to be in “very good” condition. When the book arrived, it was like greeting an old friend. I haven’t yet read it. I want to share it with my kids and grandkids. I have it in the guest bedroom, so that the next time the grandkids come to spend the night here I’ll suggest it for bedtime reading. 

My book arrived this past week, and I’m excited to share it with my grandkids.

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