Thank you, Erin Ross from Buchanan District Library... the mystery has been solved! I have a very happy patron (who happens to be my aunt, lol). This book was originally published in 1946 as "The Pedlar of Colored Threads," later reissued as "The Peddler of Colored Threads." Thank you to everyone who offered title suggestions and recommended sites to search. 🙂 Helena ________________________________ From: Erin Ross <e.ross@buchananlibrary.org> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 2:27 PM To: Helena Hayes <helena.hayes@gcmdl.org> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Looking for 1950's-era book This has to be it! The Peddler of Colored Threads by Winifred Shattuck 1962. [image.png] https://a.co/d/eRB5gKe [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4znaDADij2JrOoOy9gw48Da1Q6SN...] Erin Ross (she/her/hers) Assistant Director Buchanan District Library [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RZ8CY83Lu-iYF4FYG5m7w8TrtilQZ_dxjTBPbGeviv...] 128 E. Front St. Buchanan, MI 49107 [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N4cwBv8mqi_nqfsjnGiBcCbhXYIsxKA51Eo_VVshU...] (269 )695-3681 [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/30jKqah_BLFj6DlsP6I1ZGtZjZRV3HMk0tnljiFj0v...] e.ross@buchananlibrary.org<mailto:e.ross@buchananlibrary.org> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 1:35 PM Helena Hayes via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org>> wrote: Good morning! I am on a mission to find a book that a patron thinks is from the 1950's (she would have read it in the mid to late 50's). Here is her description... "... it was an old children's paper type book. It is about trying to capture a dragon with colored stings, or the dragon shot out colored strings. The dragon started out mean, not sure if it became nice or not. It was not a Golden book. Had ships and sea; Asian people." Thank you in advance for any suggestions or recommendations of where to look. Please reply off-list. 🙂 Helena Helena Hayes, MLIS Director Galesburg Charleston Memorial District Library 188 E. Michigan Ave. Galesburg, MI 49053 Phone: 269-665-7839 Fax: 269-665-7788 www.galesburgcharlestonlibrary.org<https://www.galesburgcharlestonlibrary.org/> _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> https://mail3.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l