Title: Never A Day So Bright
First published: 1956
Description: **The famous radio personality, Kate Aitken, is the Katy Scott of this book, one of a family of five boys and two girls.** In the early 1900's her father, Robert Scott, was one of the prominent citizens of the village of Beeton, Ontario, where he ran a general store. Here everything, from mousetraps to millinery was either sold for cash or traded to farmer in exchange for produce.

**In this nostalgic, fascinating book, Kate Aitken tells the story, of a rich and satisfying childhood** -- of sliding down snowy hills in winter, and hitching rides behind the farmers' sleighs; of spring cleaning, with the whole family pitching in; of berry-picking in summer, and dips in the swimming-hole. Memories come thronging thick and fast.

***June 1, 1957 Kirkus Reviews:
A relaxed review of life in Canada (Beeton, Ont.) during the author's childhood is filled with the homely, domestic and community details of the seasons, for her home was also the store, at times a boarding house and always a busy center for gatherings of every sort.***

***There were visits from relatives whose supply of stories kept the seven Scott children entranced; there was a ""Hard Winter"" (for the adults but not the children); there was the impressive -- and exhausting -- spring cleaning, the great sale of millinery, the ice carnival; there were celebrations of many kinds; there was a diphtheria epidemic and there were fairs; there was trade and barter and assorted financial problems; there was always cooking and cleaning.***

***An area of dependence on immediate resources and a period of strong characters combine to give this a frontier quality which has the placid look of an enchanted past. Those who have known small villages can appreciate this.***

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Subjects: Never A Day So Bright, Kate Scott Aitken, Hardcover, Paperback, Non-fiction, Biography, Life, Early, 1900s, Scott Family, Brothers, Sisters, General stores, Weather, Seasons, Sleighs, Sleds, Swimming holes, Berry-picking, Canning, Music, Dancing, Neighbours, People helping people, Small, Communities, Villages
Places: Bond Head, Guelph, Beeton, Ontario, Halifax, Canada, Dominion of Canada, Isle of Man, London, England, Ireland, Edinburgh, Highlands, Scotland
People: Canadians, Sir Walter Scott, John Balantyne, Sir William Osler, Sir Frederick Banting
Time periods: Early 20th Century