As people approach their half-century mark, they tend to get nostalgic. One way they seek to recapture fading memories from childhood is by visiting antiquarian book dealers and scrounging around garage sales, looking for books they enjoyed as kids.
While in San Francisco, I asked a book dealer if he stocked one particular title. "You're about fifth person who's asked me for that one recently," he smiled.
While momentarily elated, I immediately felt disheartened, thinking that if demand for the book was so great, it would be difficult to obtain. I should have known better; "The Five Chinese Brothers," by Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese, is still in print, having gone through 40 or so editions since it first appeared in 1938.