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.

Latest episodes of the podcast Up One Pair of Stairs of My Bookhouse by Various

• The Wonderful World
• The Cap that Mother Made: A Swedish Tale
• Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats
• How the Finch Got Her Colors: A Flemish Legend
• The Goldfinch
• The Owl
• The Owl's Answer to Tommy
• An Explanation of the Grasshopper
• Snow-White and Rose-Red
• The Story of a Caterpillar
• The Brooklet's Story
• The Brook Song
• The Brownies in the Toy Shop
• The Song Sparrow
• The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
• Little Maid of Far Japan
• The Foolish, Timid, Little Hare: An East Indian Fable
• The Coming of the King
• He Prayeth Best
• Nurse's Song
• The Honest Woodman
• The Battle of the Firefly and the Apes: A Filipino Tale
• Twinkling Bugs
• A Child in a Mexican Garden
• Barry, A Dog of the Alps
• Who Can Crack Nuts?
• The Nutcracker and Sugar Dolly Stories
• Ducks' Ditty
• The Right Time to Laugh: An Australian Tale
• Legend of the Water: An Ojibway Tale
• Indian Children
• Down on the Shore
• Clytie
• How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats
• Little Goody Two-Shoes
• The Little Busy Bee
• The Story of Li'l' Hannibal
• A Story About the Little Rabbits
• Child's Play
• Jamie Watt and His Grandmother's Tea Kettle
• The Bird of Paradise: A Tale of Papua (New Guinea)
• Doll I' the Grass: A Norse Folk Tale
• Friends
• Cinderella
• Judging by Appearances
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses
• Peeny Pen Pone
• The Boy Hero of Harlem: A Legend of Holland
• The Fisherman and His Wife
• The Sandy Road: A Jataka Tale
• Rain in Summer
• The Story of Christopher Columber
• In Columbus' Time
• Farewell to the Farm
• Christening the Baby in Russia
• The Birches
• The Little Snow Maiden: A Russian Folk Tale
• Boots and His Brothers
• A Roumanian Folk Song
• The Selfish Giant
• Elsa and the Ten Elves: A Swedish Fairy Tale
• A Psalm of David
• The Feast of Tabernacles (The First Thanksgiving Festival)
• We Thank Thee
• Marjorie's Almanac
• The Story of Tom Thumb: An English Folk Tale
• The Girl Who Used Her Wits: A Chinese Folk Tale
• Heidi in the Alpine Pasture
• Betsy Ross and the First American Flag
• The Babe of Bethlehem
• A Child's Thought of God
• Piccola
• Hassan, the Arab, and His Horse
• The Arab to His Horse
• Blunder
• Toads and Diamonds
• The Barber's
• Dick Whittington and His Cat
• The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express
• Old Johnny Appleseed
• The Planting of the Apple Tree
• The Fairy Who Judged Her Neighbors
• Ariel's Song
• Song of the Leprechaun or Fairy Shoemaker
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• The Circus Parade
• Ikwa and Annowee
• Bikku Matti
• Master of All Masters
• The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky
• The Owl and the Pussy Cat
• Thumbelisa
• Hiawatha's Childhood
• Beyond the Toll-Gate
• The Peddler's Caravan
• To a Butterfly