Introduction

From “You Are My Sunshine,” an American folk song

My sister and I loved to sing this song during family road trips.

After a season full of travel, summer has finally arrived. My books now speak a lot of languages, and I am awfully proud of that. You’ll often find me simply beaming, with rosy cheeks. You don’t expect that from your books. I didn’t raise them this way; they did it themselves. I wave to them like a proud mother every time they go off on a trip around the world, and sometimes I even go along—such fun!