Purple House Press is a publishing house based in Cynthiana, Kentucky

Cynthiana, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,258 people, 2,692 households, and 1,639 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,873.6 people per square mile . There were 2,909 housing units at an average density of 870.9 per square mile...

. Founded in 2000 by former software engineer Jill Morgan, it specializes in bringing out-of-print children's books back into print.

In the mid-90s, Morgan purchased a copy of her own favorite kids' book, Mr. Pine's Purple House, for $1. She was later shocked to discover that it, and similar books, were selling for hundreds of dollars online. Not wanting these books to die out because parents would be afraid to let their kids touch them, she took steps to make them readily-available again.

Its catalog also contains books such as The Mad Scientists' Club

The Mad Scientists' Club

The Mad Scientists' Club is a series of four books written for children by Bertrand R. Brinley and illustrated by Charles Geer.-Books in the series:* The Mad Scientists' Club consisting of:...

series by Bertrand R. Brinley

Bertrand R. Brinley

Bertrand R. Brinley was an American writer of short stories and children's tales. He was best known for his Mad Scientists' Club stories....

, Pickle-Chiffon Pie and more by Jolly Roger Bradfield

Roger Bradfield

"Jolly" Roger Bradfield is a children's book author, illustrator, cartoonist, painter, and world traveller.-Art:...

,Tal: His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom, by Paul Fenimore Cooper

Paul Fenimore Cooper

Paul Fenimore Cooper was a traveler and author of children's books and non-fiction. He was educated at Taft School, at Yale and at Trinity College, Cambridge...

, and Mr. Bear Squash-You-All-Flat, by Morrell Gipson.