My Book House Start Price USD 79.00 Current Price USD 79.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 21, 2008 End Time Friday, November 28, 2008 Location Chatfield, MN See more about 'My Book House' Description 2. Story Time 1937 3. Up One Pair Of Stairs 1937 4. Through The Gate 1937 5. Over The Hills 1937 6. Through Fairy Halls 1937 7. The Magic Garden 1937 8. Flying Sails 1837 10. From The Tower Window 1937 11. In Shining Armor 1937 12. Halls Of Fame 1937 ~ ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR & BLACK-AND-WHITE ~ Edited By Olive Beaupre Miller. Publishers, The Book House For Children, Chicago, 1937 Volumes 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12 Excellent Condition one owner. Blue cloth covers with color paper pictorial in center of front cover & light blue lettering on the front cover & spine. Book size: 9 & ¼" x 7 & 1/8" Page count: 216 pages Marks: None Most of the illustrations are signed, although some are not. The illustrations in this volume are Donn P. Crane, Mariel Wilhoite, M. D. Charleson & Keith Ward. Donn P. Crane was one of the first American fantasy artists. He did children's illustrations with incredible skill, using copper plate engravings and a limited palette. Keith Ward (1906-2000) as a renowned impressionist and a gifted illustrators. He was the illustrator of many children’s book & contributed to many American magazines. This is volumes 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12  "Book House" books for children, each volume begins at a grade level, Vol. 2 being the easiest & volume 12 suitable for high school reading. This volume includes tales of knights and heroes from Tennyson, Cervantes, Dante, Israel Zangwill, Emma Lazarus, Washington Irving, Woodrow Wilson and others. Olive Kennon Beaupre Miller (1864-1992) was an American author, publisher and editor of children's literature. She was also a teacher & a Christian Scientist. She and her husband, Harry Miller, were two of the founding members of First Church of Christ, Scientist in Winnetka, Illinois. The Bookhouse for Children publishing company was founded in 1919 printing popular children’s stories edited by Miller to meet her standards: To be well equipped for life, to have ideas and the ability to express them, the child needs a broad background of familiarity with the best in literature. His stories and rhymes must be selected with care that he may absorb no distorted view of life and its actual values, but may grow up to be mentally clear about values and emotionally impelled to seek what is truly desirable and worthwhile in human living. The stories and rhymes selected must be graded to the child's understanding at different periods of his growth, graded as to vocabulary, as to subject matter and as to complexity of structure and plot." The company was also remarkable for its large female staff when most women did not work outside the home. The Book House for Children was the first collection of children's literature graded to meet developing needs and abilities of children at different ages. Place a Bid!