The horse who lived upstairs [Hardcover]

Phyllis McGinley (Author), Helen Stone (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Lippincott; First Edition edition (1944)
• ASIN: B00005XGXM
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,958,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Phyllis McGinley was born on March 21, 1905, in Ontario, Oregon. In 1908, the family relocated to Colorado; they moved to Ogden, Utah, after the death of McGinley's father. McGinley was educated at the University of Southern California and at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. After receiving her diploma in 1927, she taught for a year in Ogden and then at a junior high school in New Rochelle, New York. Once she had begun to establish a reputation for herself as a writer, McGinley gave up teaching and moved to New York City, where she held various jobs, including copywriter at an advertising agency and poetry editor for Town and Country. She married Charles Hayden in 1937, and the couple moved to Larchmont, New York. The suburban landscape and culture of her new home was to provide the subject matter of much of McGinley's work.

McGinley was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters in 1955. She was the first writer to win the Pulitzer for her light verse collection, Times Three: Selected Verse from Three Decades with Seventy New Poems (1960). McGinley's other books of poetry include Confessions of a Reluctant Optimist (Hallmark Editons, 1973); Love Letters (1954); Stones from a Glass House (1946); A Pocketful of Wry (1940); One More Manhattan (1937); and On the Contrary (1934). In addition to poetry, McGinley wrote essays and children's books, as well as the lyrics for the 1948 musical revue Small Wonder. She died February 22, 1978, in New York City.

(biography from poets.org)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Be Happy with Your Lot, December 3, 2002

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Adria P. Schoen "adrias" (Rockville, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horse Who Lived Upstairs (Textbook Binding)

This is a book I remembered fondly from my childhood, so I purchased a used copy for my two little ones. It is a simple, straightforward tale about a horse, Joey, who works in the city, drawing a vegetable cart for a vegetables salesman. Yet he to longs to live in the country and "kick up his heels." After he is sold to a country farmer he realizes that the city is where he belongs, and lucky for him, he ends up back there. A classic tale about appreciating what you have. My kids love hearing about Joey.

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book with a lesson!, March 17, 2011

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This review is from: The Horse Who Lived Upstairs (Weekly Reader) (Hardcover)

All children should read this book to learn to be contented and grateful for what they have and not to believe that the grass is always greener on the other side. Simple but meaningful, realistic, and enjoyably lovable.