This book had a special place in my son's heart. We took it out from the library for many weeks running. He kept going back to it. I eventually bought him his own copy. Years later I gave Beetle to my niece for her 2 boys. She kindly returned the book to me about a year ago which I passed onto my grandson. So Beetle has had many appreciative owners. So the family has owned the book for about 38 years.