Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the third 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 Assembling of the Fays 1 min 2 The Story of Fairyfoot 19 min 3 Lullaby for Titania 1 min 4 The Sleeping Beauty 11 min 5 Song on May Morning 1 min 6 Mr. Moon 3 min 7 Prince Harweda and the Magic Prison 20 min 8 Hie Away, Hie Away 2 min 9 Hansel and Gretel 12 min 10 The Princess on the Glass Hill 22 min 11 The Pert Fire Engine 9 min 12 The Marvelous Pot 10 min 13 Daniel O'Rourke 14 min 14 Her Dairy 1 min 15 The Wise Men of Gotham 6 min 16 Wild Flowers 1 min 17 Where Sarah Jane's Doll Went 19 min 18 In the Lane 1 min 19 Kids 2 min 20 A Credit to the School 14 min 21 A Boy's Song 2 min 22 The Luck Boy of Toy Valley 11 min 23 The Duty that was Not Paid 11 min 24 The Story of a Beaver 12 min 25 Robert of Lincoln 1 min 26 Music Loving Bears 4 min 27 The Dance of the Forest People 7 min 28 Little Nell and Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works 19 min 29 The Shaking of the Pear Tree 3 min 30 The Twelve Months: A Bohemian Fairy Tale 13 min 31 Our Winter 1 min 32 The Three Wishes: A Spanish Fairy Tale 6 min 33 White Horses 2 min 34 Why the Sea is Salt: A Norse Folk Tale 8 min 35 The Sea Shell 1 min 36 The Strong Boy: A Canadian Fairy Tale 14 min 37 The Ogre that Played Jackstraws 6 min 38 A Song from 'The Flowers of Old Japan' 2 min 39 A Moon-Maiden: A Japanese Fairy Tale 6 min 40 The Village Fair 2 min 41 The Good Comrades of the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale 11 min 42 Pigling and Her Proud Sister: A Korean Cinderella Tale 8 min 43 A Tragic Story 2 min 44 Aruman, A Hero of Java 18 min 45 A Malayan Monkey Song 2 min 46 The Fisherman Who Caught the Sun: A Hawaiian Legend 7 min 47 A Tropical Morning at Sea 1 min 48 My Nicaragua 2 min 49 How Night Came: A Brazilian Fairy Tale 10 min 50 The Twilight 1 min 51 The Man Who Loved Hai Quai: An Indian Tale of Mt. Tacoma 9 min 52 The Adventures of Yehl and the Beaming Maiden: An Alaskan Legend 12 min 53 Afar in the Desert 3 min 54 The Lost Spear: A South African Tale 15 min 55 Fairy Forests 1 min 56 How Brer Rabbit Met Brer Tar-Baby 13 min 57 Melilot 21 min 58 The Fog 1 min 59 The Ragged Pedlar 11 min 60 The Pedlar's Song 1 min 61 David and Goliath 9 min 62 Rhodopis and Her Little Gilded Sandals: The First Cinderella Story 7 min 63 A Day 1 min 64 Phaeton a Greek Myth 13 min 65 The Cloud 1 min 66 The Golden Touch 33 min 67 The Humming Bird 1 min 68 The Acorn and the Pumpkin 2 min 69 The Golden Bird: A German Fairy Tale 19 min 70 The Bells 1 min 71 The Snow Queen 45 min 72 Prince Cherry 23 min 73 Gigi and the Magic Ring: An Italian Fairy Tale 22 min 74 The Month of March: An Italian Fairy Tale 11 min 75 March 1 min 76 Columbine and Her Playfellows of the Italian Pantomime 17 min 77 The Six Swans: A German Fairy Tale 10 min 78 The Two Bad Bargains: A Serbian Tale\ 10 min 79 How the Waterfall Came to the Thirsting Mountain: A Roumanian Fairy Tale 16 min 80 The Cataract of Lodore 1 min 81 Through the Mouse Hole: A Czech Fairy Tale 20 min 82 April 1 min 83 Tudur Ap Einion: A Welsh Fairy Tale 8 min 84 East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon: A Norse Folk Tale 19 min 85 The Boy and the Elf 27 min 86 Little Diamond and the North Wind 29 min 87 The Renowned and World-Famous Adventures of Punch and Judy 17 min
