The Magic Garden of My Bookhouse

My Book House #7

by Olive Beaupré Miller

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Genres: Childrens, Anthologies, Short Stories, Fairy Tales

220 pages, Hardcover

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

[Brenda Conry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good foray into primarily European fairy tales. (My one complaint with the whole collection is its Eurocentric focus. That goes with the time it was compiled.) It goes beyond the Grimm brothers collections to include tales from eastern Europe, Egypt, New Zealand and the Bible. Even small samples from Shakespeare and Dickens (without the squalor). While never mean spirited, some of the stories and footnotes can be what Tyler Merritt calls "racisty." Be forewarned and ready to talk and read with your children on these ones.

[Vicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Favorite stories:
▫️Columbine and her Playfellows of the Italian Pantomime
▫️David Copperfield and Little Emily
▫️ The Golden Touch
▫️The Little-Man-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb-With-Mustaches-Seven-Miles-Long
▫️The Renowned and World-Famous Adventures of Punch and Judy
▫️The Snow-Queen
▫️Vladimir’s Adventures in Search of Fortune
▫️ White Horses

[Robert Engle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Table of contents for My Bookhouse #7: The Magic Garden
Page - Title - other detail - Author
11 - Miska and the Man-With-The-Iron-Head - A Hungarian Fairy Tale -
20 - Tudur Ap Einion - A Welsh Fairy Tale -
26 - The Romance of Hine Moa - A Maori Folk Tale from New Zealand -
31 - East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon - A Norse Folk Tale -
40 - How the Waterfall came to the Thirsting Mountain - A Roumanian Fairy Tale -
47 - The Cataract of Lodore - - Robert Southey
48 - The Snow Queen - - Hans Christian Andersen
71 - The Bells - - Edgar Allan Poe
72 - The Sky at Night - The Bible -
73 - David, The Shepherd Boy - Arranged from The Bible -
84 - Rhodopis and Her Gilden Sandals - A Folk Tale of Ancient Egypt: The First Cinderella Story -
90 - Phaeton - A Greek Myth -
95 - The Cloud - - Percy Bysshe Shelley
96 - Through the Mousehole - A Czech Fairy Tale -
106 - The Two Bad Bargains - A Yugoslavian Tale from Serbia -
113 - The Little-Man-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb - A Russian Legend -
119 - Columbine and her Playfellows of the Italian Pantomime - -
126 - The Six Swans - A German Fairy Tale -
132 - The Acorn and the Pumpkin - - La Fontaine
134 - The Golden Bird - A German Fairy Tale -
144 - A Winter's Tale - Told from the Play by William Shakespeare -
158 - White Horses - - Hamish Hendry
159 - Song of May Morning - - John Milton
160 - The Adventures of Punch and Judy - -
171 - The Peddler's Song - from A Winter's Tale Act IV Scene iv - William Shakespeare
172 - The Raggle, Taggle Gypsies - Old Folk Song -
173 - The Knights of the Silver Shield - from Why the Chimes Ring - Raymond MacDonald Alden
182 - David Copperfield and Little Em'ly - - Charles Dickens
199 - Gigi and the Magic Ring - An Italian Fairy Tale - Ann MacDonnell
210 - The Golden Touch - - Nathaniel Hawthorne

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 7 of 12.

[Helen Fleischer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly good stories, even if not the volume I was looking for.

[Sherrie]

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