A Treasure in Kearney, ON | Moons of Long Ago

Two miles out of the “biggest little town” of Kearney, Ontario, is its original school house which has been converted to an antique shop. I excitedly rummaged through vintage tins, bear skin rugs, antler steak knives, and was delighted to find many beautiful old books. I settled on two, the first being Moons of Long Ago by Ellen Miller Donaldson. Dating 1922 it was a bargain at $3.The illustrations inside were by Charles H. Lassell, I’m not sure if they’re in copyright anymore. This book contains several short stories with wonderful titles, including “Little-Flower-That-Hides-In-The-Snow.” (The second book is The Burgess Animal Book for Children, which I will write about in a couple days.)

