My Book House Volume 4 Through the Gate

My Book House #4

by Olive Beaupré Miller

Cinderella • Adapted From Perrault
Doll I' the Grass • A Norse Folk Tale
Elsa and the Ten Elves • A Swedish Fairy Tale
The Little Toy Land of the Dutch • Olive Beaupré Miller
The Boy Hero of Harlem • A Legend of Holland
Christening the Baby in Russia • Arthur Ransome
Hansel and Grethel • Adapted From the Opera by Engelbert Humperdinck
The Boy Samuel • Retold From the Bible
The Nutcracker and Sugardolly Stories • Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
A Child in a Mexican Garden • Grace H. Conkling
The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice • Retold From a Classic Greek Poem
A Milkweed, and a Buttercup • Peter Newell
Little Diamond and the North Wind • George Macdonald
The Knight • Paul Laurence Dunbar
How Brer Rabbit Met Brer Tar-baby
The Girl Who Used Her Wits • A Chinese Folk Tale
Hallowe'en • Olive Beaupré Miller
The Blacksmith • A Story of the Song by Johannes Brahms
Old Stormalong • A Yarn of American Sailors
The Cowboy's Life • American Cowboy Song
Pecos Bill, the Cowboy • A Tall Tale of American Cowboys
Old Johnny Appleseed • A Legend of the Middle West

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Childrens, Fantasy, Anthologies, Young Readers

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

Olive Kennon Beaupré was born in Aurora, IL on September 11, 1883. She received her B.A. from Smith College in 1904 and returned to Aurora to work as an English teacher for two years. Olive and Harry Edward Miller were married October 2, 1907.

Olive began writing rhymes and stories to entertain her daughter Virginia, and was encouraged by Harry to publish some of her writings. In 1919 Olive founded The Bookhouse for Children publishing company with Harry. Olive assumed the title of Editor and published all of her subsequent material either solely through The Bookhouse or through other publishing companies in conjunction with The Bookhouse.

Olive published the first volume of the My Bookhouse series in 1920 and set to work on the next five volumes. My Bookhouse became the first collection of children's literature which was graded to meet the developing needs and abilities of children at different ages.

Olive began publishing the nine volume series A Picturesque Tale of Progress in 1929. In 1934 Olive revised My Bookhouse, expanding the series from six volumes to twelve.

When Olive and Harry were divorced in May 1935, he resigned his position as President of The Book House. In addition to being Editor, Olive was elected Vice-President by the Board of Directors, who hoped that this post would keep her from pursuing a more managerial role in the company. Olive achieved the position of Chairman of the Board in 1939 and held it until 1954.

The Book House for Children was sold to United Educators in 1954. Olive remained Chairman of the Board in an advisory capacity until she retired in 1962. She moved to Tucson, AZ where she lived with her daughter Virginia (Miller) Read and family until her death on March 25, 1968.

Reviews

[Frances · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am rereading this set of books from childhood which I still own. This volume had many favorites of mine such as Cinderella, The Snow Fairy, Elsa and the ten Elves, and Snow White and Rose Red. I had not read all the stories in this book and I found Christening the Baby in Russia to be delightful. It also included American FolkTales such as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, and Johnny Appleseed.

[Danny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I own five of the 12 original old volumes, all of which are treasures and have amazing stories and even more amazing illustrations. I chose this one is an example so you could see what the covers look like. The stories just went on and on and on and covered the entire depth and breath of children’s literature’s.

[Reikinurse · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the entire series of these books growing up.

I love the entire set! They just don't have stories like this anymore. :(

[Rhea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful!

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is book 4 in a set of books that were published in the 1950s for educators. The stories & poems are short (roughly 6-15 pages). These are stories, tales & fables from different countries. After reading this, I am acutely aware of how different the books are today for children. It brought back memories of when times were different, slower and a time when children had NO electronics. (Scandal!!) I would love to get the rest of these books.

[Nancy Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book #4 of my nostalgic journey includes tales which are a bit longer, such as Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, and my favorite, Tippity Witchit's Hallowe'en, the story of a kitten who goes exploring on Halloween night. Even way back then I loved cats and Halloween!

[Sherrie]

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