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Tag: children’s book

  • Train Coming!

    Train Coming!

    Train Coming! (1954) by Betty Ren Wright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An extremely kind guest came into my dad’s shop one day recently, and after talking to my parents and finding out about my love of antique books and my blog, she gifted me a pile of books! I was blown away by the generosity and touched by…

  • The Old Year and The New

    I definitely posted this way back when I typed out the antique children’s book Joyous Times, but it is too fitting not to repeat. Joyous Times is an 1880s book. Sometimes they even had poems for New Year! I like when they credit the authors of the poem or story, even if it is something…

  • Snow Stars

    This is from a cute little songbook, complete with music. This book is called Songs of Childhood, and it is from 1923. Some songs are just two lines long, and some are two pages long. I will be posting a bunch of these. I hope you enjoy! SNOW STARS Snow-flakes, here you are, Each one…