Purple House Press

Here are the stories of the courageous young women who served as nurses at Pearl Harbor, Corregidor, Anzio, Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and other fighting fronts of the second World War. Now...

Ever since she was a little girl, Marguerite de Angeli loved her father's descriptions of the red leather-topped copper-toed boots he prized when he was a young boy in Lapeer, Michigan. She also...

Ever since she was a little girl, Marguerite de Angeli loved her father's descriptions of the red leather-topped copper-toed boots he prized when he was a young boy in Lapeer, Michigan. She also...

Author: Jeanette WinterPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: Mar 01, 2016Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 193090083XISBN-13: 9781930900837

Old Cyrus Grape doesn't like children. And he insists that the skating pond is "his." Mr. Whiskers knows this isn't true, but since he can't prove it, there'll be no skating...not even on Christmas...

Every year Grandmother invited a guest for Thanksgiving dinner and allowed Maggie to do the same."Ask someone poor or lonely," she always said. Thanksgiving was Grandmother's favorite day of the year...

Cranberry ValentineAuthor: Wende DevlinPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: 45689Number of Pages: 36 pagesBinding: Juvenile FictionISBN-10: ISBN-13: 9798888181140

Author: Barbara McClintockPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: Sep 30, 2021Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1948959208ISBN-13: 9781948959209

Author: Kathi AppeltPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: July 01, 2019Number of Pages: 58 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1948959100ISBN-13: 9781948959100

Hetty and her brother Hank wanted creaky, squeaky shoes. High in the Blue Ridge Mountains where they lived there were no shoes of this kind, nor did Hank and Hetty have any money. They did have some...

Down The Big RiverAuthor: Stephen W. MeaderPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: Jan 17, 2022Number of Pages: 180 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948959720ISBN-13:...

Adopted by woodchucks at birth, a baby goose never feels she truly belongs--until the day she discovers she can fly.Author: Molly BangPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: Apr 16, 2018Number...

Gramma sits in the sun parlor in her wheelchair. When Donnie visits, they have a ritual. "Where shall we walk today?" Gramma asks. Donnie chooses one of their favorite paths. Today it is along the...

Gus and Mouse have moved into the Historical Museum, living there with Mr. Frizzle and Cora the cat. Late one night, Cora came in from a moonlit walk and said, "A baby ghost's outside." "What do I...

There was once a friendly ghost, by the name of Gus, who lived in an old house in the country. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and their twins, Susie and Sammy, lived there too during the summer. Then autumn came...

It was fall. And on the night of the big frost, Henry and his dog, Laird Angus McAngus, decided that they must explore the wild and untracked mountains near their house. Before winter set in.So the...

It was fall. And on the night of the big frost, Henry and his dog, Laird Angus McAngus, decided that they must explore the wild and untracked mountains near their house. Before winter set in.So the...

Henry and his dog, Laird Angus McAngus, were fearless explorers. One morning they set out to find an ocean. They took along Henry's explorer's kit and a special new flag from an old shirt."It may be...

For more than fifty years families have enjoyed reading aloud the adventures of a young boy, Henry, and his dog Angus.On the night of the blizzard Henry and Laird Angus McAngus (Angus for short) read...

Here Come the BearsAuthor: Alice GoudeyPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: Oct 29, 2021Number of Pages: 96 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948959461ISBN-13: 9781948959469

An account of living history kept by Governor William Bradford and others of the Mayflower company, chronicling the adventures of the Pilgrims' day-to-day life after arriving in the New World.Homes...

Author: Thomas Bertram Costain|Jim AverbeckPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: February 01, 2020Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1948959046ISBN-13:...

Barely 40 years separate the Wright brothers' flight and those of the first jet aircraft. The World War II pilots who were the first to fly those jets and who would later become the first airline...

A war-torn World War I soldier hears the doctors give up hope for his recovery. He has a feeling that if he could live by the sea, get plenty of fresh air, exercise and sunshine, that he would begin...

Mary Emma & Company is a family affair: Mother, 13-year-old Ralph who is the man of the family, and his two brothers and two sisters. Forced by their father's death to leave the home ranch in...

Mary Mcleod BethuneAuthor: Emma Gelders SternePublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: Jan 03, 2022Number of Pages: 228 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948959666ISBN-13:...

Author: Paul De KruifPublisher: Purple House PressPublication Date: Jan 17, 2022Number of Pages: 363 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1948959763ISBN-13: 9781948959766

Hedgie the hedgehog lives in a little corner of Miss Jaster's garden. One morning nearsighted Miss Jaster mistakenly plants some seeds on Hedgie, who is asleep in the flowerbed. Before Hedgie knows...

Miss Suzy is a little gray squirrel who lives happily in her oak-tree home until she is chased away by some mean red squirrels. Poor Miss Suzy is very sad. But soon she finds a beautiful dollhouse...

Miss Suzy is a little gray squirrel who lives happily in her oak-tree home until she is chased away by some mean red squirrels. Poor Miss Suzy is very sad. But soon she finds a beautiful dollhouse...