About Us
Purple House Press is proud to have sold well over 1,000,000 books. We have been mentioned or our books have appeared in TIME Magazine, USA Today, CNN.com, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, National Review, American Profile, Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, BookSense.com, American Way Magazine, Southwest Spirit Magazine, Fortune Small Business, Smithsonian Magazine, Pages, ForeWord Magazine, On Wisconsin, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Lexington News-Leader, Detroit News, Columbus Dispatch, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Danbury News-Times, Carnegie Mellon Magazine, D Magazine, DallasChild Magazine, New Hampshire Magazine, N Magazine, Macon Telegraph, Nordstjernan, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Asbury Park Press, Cynthiana Democrat, Keller Citizen, WCYN and Kentucky’s own PBS channel KET TV!
Our Mission is to revive well-loved vintage children's books—living books full of rich stories that align with Charlotte Mason's philosophy. Families need access to wholesome, vibrant and authentic stories from a simpler time, we're making that possible by republishing books that inspire imagination, virtue, and a lifelong love of learning.
Please note that Purple House Press does not accept manuscripts for new books, there are too many old ones out there we want to revive. If unsolicited manuscripts or previously published children's books are submitted for consideration, we will not be able to return them.
Most recently, Jill has been talking with the Plumfield Moms for their podcast. Here's the first episode she was on, we invite you to listen!
Jill Morgan
Jill started Purple House Press in the year 2000. In a previous life (or so it seems!) she was a software engineer for 13 years. When her children were young she began selling out-of-print children’s books. But when the price of her favorite childhood book, Mr. Pine’s Purple House, rose to the discouraging price of $300, she decided to do something about it by republishing the story and ensuring its message would not be lost to future generations.
In June, 2003, Jill and her husband, Ray Sanders, located their family, company and animals from a suburb of Ft. Worth, Texas to Cynthiana, Kentucky — wanting to be closer to family and live the country life they had always dreamed of. They now have three grown children and live on an old dairy farm with dogs, cats, chickens and computers. A few horses live in a field near their house, which was a childhood dream thanks to Marguerite Henry and Walter Farley.
Ray Sanders
Ray is Director of Operations, he does all of the accounting, invoicing, shipping, organizing and everything else that is not related to book design, production or working with our authors. Prior to working at Purple House Press, Ray was a Test Engineering Manager with Motorola and worked in the electrical engineering field for nearly thirty years.
Hayley Morgan-Sanders
Hayley is indispensable to Purple House Press. She works on accounting, invoicing, and places print-on-demand orders. Hayley also OCR scans old books, formatting them for typesetting, and she has done some artwork for our books too. More recently Hayley started designing books for PHP, starting out with the Little Prudy series, then moving on to the Immortals of Science series. We can't wait to she what she does next!