Whenever Victor felt sad, one thing usually worked to elevate his spirits. He'd go to his bookcase (actually a shelf near the closet in his room) and grab his beat-up Golden Book titled January Brings July and then find a quiet place to read it once more. January was the first of 12 months and because he was first, sometimes January would feel the freezing wind outside and get sad because it was too cramped inside and too cold outside. He would often think about his best friend July who lived in a different part of the state. January sometimes would pick up the phone to call July but the party line always tied up the phone. January couldn't text or email July because they hadn't been invented yet. A plane ticket to visit July was awfully expensive and January's Dad always ixnayed any request to get the car out of the garage to drive January to July's house. It was cold and frustrating plus all the other months were mooks or ding-dongs, so no relief from them. But one morning January had a jammin' idea. He put on his p-coat and braved the cold and walked down the lane to the old train station. It was the same as the new train station but the illustration shows an old train, hence the descriptor. Mrs. Nesbaum, the ticket agent, sat on a stool behind the ticket window. Her hat covered most of her hair except for the little bun thing in the back and her jacket seemed a bit tight, like maybe it was a man's jacket and the guy before her was taut and lean. Anyway, January asked how much a round-trip ticket to July's part of the state would cost and Mrs. Nesbaum answered "it's half the price if the trip starts where July lives because the Chamber of Commerce is running a promotion to get people to visit here". That was all January needed to hear. He bought a ticket and mailed it to July who used the ticket to visit January the very next week. July never frets about hot or cold. July makes January laugh - alot! January thought it was the niftiest thing he ever did sending the ticket to July. January said it was the BEST month he ever had.