Title: The Traveler Author: Daren Simkin and Daniel Simkin (Illustrator) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9780374116392
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Once there was a boy named Charlie, who had a nice life but it wasn't quite perfect. He had to spend too much of his time doing things he didn't want to do. So one day he packed up all his time in a suitcase, locked it up, and set off to find a better way to spend it. Charlie traveled the world looking for the perfect thing to make him happy. In the meantime, unbeknownst to him, his itsy-bitsy seconds and silky, smooth hours and raggedy days ticked away, so that when Charlie stopped traveling and realized what he truly wanted out of life, it was almost too late. Almost.
This charming and touching fable evokes a lesson we would all do well to learn; living and loving is time well spent.
