Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the second volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, contained the best in children's literature, stories, poems and nursery rhymes. They progressed in difficulty through the different volumes. (Summary by Maria Therese)
Chapters
1 The Wonderful World 1 min 2 The Cap that Mother Made: A Swedish Tale 7 min 3 Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats 3 min 4 How the Finch Got Her Colors: A Flemish Legend 3 min 5 The Goldfinch 1 min 6 The Owl 1 min 7 The Owl's Answer to Tommy 11 min 8 An Explanation of the Grasshopper 1 min 9 Snow-White and Rose-Red 14 min 10 The Story of a Caterpillar 8 min 11 The Brooklet's Story 8 min 12 The Brook Song 2 min 13 The Brownies in the Toy Shop 4 min 14 The Song Sparrow 2 min 15 The Tongue-Cut Sparrow 6 min 16 Little Maid of Far Japan 1 min 17 The Foolish, Timid, Little Hare: An East Indian Fable 6 min 18 The Coming of the King 4 min 19 He Prayeth Best 1 min 20 Nurse's Song 1 min 21 The Honest Woodman 5 min 22 The Battle of the Firefly and the Apes: A Filipino Tale 6 min 23 Twinkling Bugs 1 min 24 A Child in a Mexican Garden 1 min 25 Barry, A Dog of the Alps 3 min 26 Who Can Crack Nuts? 1 min 27 The Nutcracker and Sugar Dolly Stories 25 min 28 Ducks' Ditty 1 min 29 The Right Time to Laugh: An Australian Tale 6 min 30 Legend of the Water: An Ojibway Tale 5 min 31 Indian Children 1 min 32 Down on the Shore 1 min 33 Clytie 6 min 34 How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats 8 min 35 Little Goody Two-Shoes 7 min 36 The Little Busy Bee 1 min 37 The Story of Li'l' Hannibal 8 min 38 A Story About the Little Rabbits 5 min 39 Child's Play 3 min 40 Jamie Watt and His Grandmother's Tea Kettle 6 min 41 The Bird of Paradise: A Tale of Papua (New Guinea) 8 min 42 Doll I' the Grass: A Norse Folk Tale 6 min 43 Friends 1 min 44 Cinderella 15 min 45 Judging by Appearances 1 min 46 The Twelve Dancing Princesses 8 min 47 Peeny Pen Pone 3 min 48 The Boy Hero of Harlem: A Legend of Holland 3 min 49 The Fisherman and His Wife 13 min 50 The Sandy Road: A Jataka Tale 5 min 51 Rain in Summer 1 min 52 The Story of Christopher Columber 17 min 53 In Columbus' Time 1 min 54 Farewell to the Farm 1 min 55 Christening the Baby in Russia 14 min 56 The Birches 1 min 57 The Little Snow Maiden: A Russian Folk Tale 10 min 58 Boots and His Brothers 11 min 59 A Roumanian Folk Song 1 min 60 The Selfish Giant 6 min 61 Elsa and the Ten Elves: A Swedish Fairy Tale 6 min 62 A Psalm of David 2 min 63 The Feast of Tabernacles (The First Thanksgiving Festival) 3 min 64 We Thank Thee 1 min 65 Marjorie's Almanac 2 min 66 The Story of Tom Thumb: An English Folk Tale 13 min 67 The Girl Who Used Her Wits: A Chinese Folk Tale 8 min 68 Heidi in the Alpine Pasture 19 min 69 Betsy Ross and the First American Flag 7 min 70 The Babe of Bethlehem 4 min 71 A Child's Thought of God 2 min 72 Piccola 8 min 73 Hassan, the Arab, and His Horse 8 min 74 The Arab to His Horse 2 min 75 Blunder 13 min 76 Toads and Diamonds 8 min 77 The Barber's 1 min 78 Dick Whittington and His Cat 17 min 79 The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express 15 min 80 Old Johnny Appleseed 7 min 81 The Planting of the Apple Tree 2 min 82 The Fairy Who Judged Her Neighbors 15 min 83 Ariel's Song 1 min 84 Song of the Leprechaun or Fairy Shoemaker 1 min 85 Jack and the Beanstalk 22 min 86 The Circus Parade 2 min 87 Ikwa and Annowee 9 min 88 Bikku Matti 22 min 89 Master of All Masters 2 min 90 The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky 1 min 91 The Owl and the Pussy Cat 2 min 92 Thumbelisa 23 min 93 Hiawatha's Childhood 4 min 94 Beyond the Toll-Gate 18 min 95 The Peddler's Caravan 1 min 96 To a Butterfly 1 min
