2/28: inscribed

A picturebook I had ordered arrived in today's mail.  The book is no longer in print, so I had to buy a used copy.  I chose this particular copy because it contains a handwritten note from the author:  "To Katherine, a very sweet girl who loves to read books!  Your friend, Kathryn Hewitt Nov. '90"  And below this note Kathryn Hewitt drew the face of a cat named Goldilocks who appears in the book.  It seemed melancholy to me for this book to be without a home, and though I'm not Katherine, I love to read books and want this one to have its home with me.