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{{Infobox book <!--this book uses Lego instead of LEGO-->
| name         = Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House: A LEGO Legend
| name         = Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House: A Lego Legend
| image         = Anna Miranda and Mark front cover.png
| image       = Anna Miranda and Mark front cover.png
| caption      =  
| alt          = The front cover of the book, featuring the text "Anna Miranda and Mark build a House", "A Lego Legend", and "One Shilling". The cover art shows two children carrying LEGO bricks in front of a forest.
| author        =
| caption      = Front cover featuring Anna-Miranda and Mark
| illustrator  =  
| country     = United Kingdom
| country       = United Kingdom
| language     = English
| language     = English
| genre       = [[Wikipedia:Children's book|Children's book]]
| genre         = [[Wikipedia:Children's book|Children's book]]
| publisher   = [[British Lego Limited]]
| publisher     = [[British Lego Limited]]
| release_date = 1965
| release_date = 1965
| pages       = 24
| pages         = 24
| media_type   = Print (booklet)
| media_type   = Print (booklet)
}}
}}
'''''Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House: A LEGO Legend''''' is a 1965 [[Wikipedia:Children's literature|children's]] [[Wikipedia:Picture book|picture book]] published by [[British LEGO]].


The book was available for one shilling.<ref>{{cite newsgroup |url=https://news.lugnet.com/loc/uk/?n=7658 |title=Re: Lego Blueprints Query & Weetabix Promo House Instructions |author=Phil Traviss |date=16 January 2002 |newsgroup=lugnet.loc.uk |website=[[LUGNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713061115/https://news.lugnet.com/loc/uk/?n=7658 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
'''''Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House: A Lego Legend''''' is a 1965 [[Wikipedia:Children's literature|children's]] [[Wikipedia:Picture book|picture booklet]] released by [[British Lego Limited]]. Its author and illustrator are currently unknown. It tells the story of two children who meet a wizard who teaches them how to build a magic LEGO house. The booklet was sold in the United Kingdom through 1967, and was packaged with instructions for building two of the LEGO models in it. It is the earliest known LEGO story book and one of the earliest LEGO publications.


== Plot ==
== Summary ==
The story follows Anna-Miranda and Mark, the twin children of a wood-cutter.
The story follows Anna-Miranda and Mark, the twin children of a wood-cutter and his wife who live in a hut. One day, the two children find a "Most Unusual Boat" that starts sailing on its own when they board it. The magic boat takes them to a Lego palace where they meet O'gel the Wise of Ballydooley, an elderly wizard with a "Most Unusual Hat". O'gel is sad because he has no children to share his home with, but cheers up when he gets a chance to play with Anna-Miranda and Mark. When the two children need to go home, O'gel teaches them a magic spell that will turn acorns into Lego bricks they can use to build a new house. The two perform the spell in the night, and the next day the family wakes up to find many Lego bricks. Anna-Miranda, Mark, and their father spend the day building a Lego house for them all to live in.
 
== Release ==
[[File:Blueprint Anna Miranda and Mark p1.jpg|thumb|Front page of the included blueprints booklet]]
''Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House'' was released in 1965 and was priced at one [[Wikipedia:Shilling (British coin)|shilling]] (£0.05 GBP).<ref name="lug 7658"/> The booklet was sold with an eight-page set of blueprints detailing how to build two LEGO models from the story: the Most Unusual Boat and the house that the children built. These were done in a similar style to a series of four "Lego blueprint" released earlier that year; these blueprints sold for one [[Wikipedia:Penny (British pre-decimal coin)|penny]] ({{frac|1|12}} of one shilling) each and were, in order, "Windmill", "Boatbouse", "London Bus", and "Astronaut and Cosmic Ray Regenerator".<ref name="Hughes"/><ref name="lug 7658"/>
 
''Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House'' was advertised in LEGO catalogues in the United Kingdom starting in 1965. The four separate blueprints were announced with the note that they would be "advertised in comics when available."<ref name="cat65"/> Starting in April 1966 catalogues<ref name="lug 2422"/> the booklet was listed as "Lego Story Book" rather than its full title, and was listed alongside the eighty-page ''Ideas Book No. 3'' from the previous year.<ref name="cat66"/><ref name="cat65"/> The story book continued to be available through 1967,<ref name="cat67"/> but by 1968 it had been discontinued, though ''Ideas Book'' remained available.<ref name="cat68"/>
 
== Select illustrations ==
<gallery>
Anna Miranda and Mark p07 Most Unusual Boat.jpg | The Most Unusual Boat
Anna Miranda and Mark p09 Palace.jpg | The Lego palace
Anna Miranda and Mark p10 O'gel.jpg | O'gel the Wise
Anna Miranda and Mark p12 O'gel.jpg | O'gel playing
Anna Miranda and Mark back cover.jpg | The Lego house
</gallery>


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="cat65">{{cite book |title=Lego |type=Catalogue |year=1965 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=British Lego Limited |url=https://archive.org/details/uk-Katalog_Lego-1965/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater |page=4}}</ref>
 
<ref name="cat66">{{cite book |title=1966 Large UK |type=Catalogue |date=April 1966 |url=https://images.brickset.com/library/view/?f=catalogues/c66uk |publisher=British Lego Limited |page=13 |id=3151-Eng}}</ref>
 
<ref name="cat67">{{cite book |title=1967 Large UK |type=Catalogue |year=1967 |url=https://images.brickset.com/library/view/?f=catalogues/c67uk |publisher=British Lego Limited |page=13 |id=3151-En.}}</ref>
 
<ref name="cat68">{{cite book |title=Assortment '68 |type=Catalogue |year=1968 |url=https://images.brickset.com/library/view/?f=catalogues/c68uk |publisher=British Lego Limited |page=8 |id=3310-England}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Hughes">{{cite web |url=http://www.brickfetish.com/ideas/uk/blueprint_1964.html |title=Blueprint instruction sheets |website=Brick Fetish |first=Jim |last=Hughes |year=2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713083621/http://www.brickfetish.com/ideas/uk/blueprint_1964.html |archive-date=2024-07-13}}</ref>
 
<ref name="lug 2422">{{cite newsgroup |url=https://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=2422 |title=Re: Help wanted with old UK catalogue [long and contains most text/in fo from it.] |author=Phil Traviss |date=3 August 2000 |newsgroup=lugnet.loc.au |website=[[LUGNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713062229/https://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=2422 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
<ref name="lug 7658">{{cite newsgroup |url=https://news.lugnet.com/loc/uk/?n=7658 |title=Re: Lego Blueprints Query & Weetabix Promo House Instructions |author=Phil Traviss |date=16 January 2002 |newsgroup=lugnet.loc.uk |website=[[LUGNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713061115/https://news.lugnet.com/loc/uk/?n=7658 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
 
== External links ==
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| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCnkRLOd334 "Vintage LEGO Blueprints from 1965"] on YouTube, showing all six 1965 blueprint models
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* [https://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=386762 Photographs of the booklet and blueprints] by grimmy-lego on [[Brickshelf]]


[[Category:1965 books]]
[[Category:1965 books]]
[[Category:LEGO books]]
[[Category:British books‎]]
[[Category:LEGO fiction books]]

Latest revision as of 10:53, 31 July 2024

Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House: A Lego Legend
The front cover of the book, featuring the text "Anna Miranda and Mark build a House", "A Lego Legend", and "One Shilling". The cover art shows two children carrying LEGO bricks in front of a forest.
Front cover featuring Anna-Miranda and Mark
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's book
PublisherBritish Lego Limited
Publication date
1965
Media typePrint (booklet)
Pages24

Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House: A Lego Legend is a 1965 children's picture booklet released by British Lego Limited. Its author and illustrator are currently unknown. It tells the story of two children who meet a wizard who teaches them how to build a magic LEGO house. The booklet was sold in the United Kingdom through 1967, and was packaged with instructions for building two of the LEGO models in it. It is the earliest known LEGO story book and one of the earliest LEGO publications.

Summary

The story follows Anna-Miranda and Mark, the twin children of a wood-cutter and his wife who live in a hut. One day, the two children find a "Most Unusual Boat" that starts sailing on its own when they board it. The magic boat takes them to a Lego palace where they meet O'gel the Wise of Ballydooley, an elderly wizard with a "Most Unusual Hat". O'gel is sad because he has no children to share his home with, but cheers up when he gets a chance to play with Anna-Miranda and Mark. When the two children need to go home, O'gel teaches them a magic spell that will turn acorns into Lego bricks they can use to build a new house. The two perform the spell in the night, and the next day the family wakes up to find many Lego bricks. Anna-Miranda, Mark, and their father spend the day building a Lego house for them all to live in.

Release

Front page of the included blueprints booklet

Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House was released in 1965 and was priced at one shilling (£0.05 GBP).[1] The booklet was sold with an eight-page set of blueprints detailing how to build two LEGO models from the story: the Most Unusual Boat and the house that the children built. These were done in a similar style to a series of four "Lego blueprint" released earlier that year; these blueprints sold for one penny (1⁄12 of one shilling) each and were, in order, "Windmill", "Boatbouse", "London Bus", and "Astronaut and Cosmic Ray Regenerator".[2][1]

Anna Miranda and Mark Build a House was advertised in LEGO catalogues in the United Kingdom starting in 1965. The four separate blueprints were announced with the note that they would be "advertised in comics when available."[3] Starting in April 1966 catalogues[4] the booklet was listed as "Lego Story Book" rather than its full title, and was listed alongside the eighty-page Ideas Book No. 3 from the previous year.[5][3] The story book continued to be available through 1967,[6] but by 1968 it had been discontinued, though Ideas Book remained available.[7]

Select illustrations

  • The Most Unusual Boat

    The Most Unusual Boat

  • The Lego palace

    The Lego palace

  • O'gel the Wise

    O'gel the Wise

  • O'gel playing

    O'gel playing

  • The Lego house

    The Lego house

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phil Traviss (16 January 2002). "Re: Lego Blueprints Query & Weetabix Promo House Instructions". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.loc.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Jim (2009). "Blueprint instruction sheets". Brick Fetish. Archived from the original on 2024-07-13.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lego (Catalogue). United Kingdom: British Lego Limited. 1965. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Phil Traviss (3 August 2000). "Re: Help wanted with old UK catalogue [long and contains most text/in fo from it.]". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.loc.au. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024.
  5. ↑ 1966 Large UK (Catalogue). British Lego Limited. April 1966. p. 13. 3151-Eng.
  6. ↑ 1967 Large UK (Catalogue). British Lego Limited. 1967. p. 13. 3151-En.
  7. ↑ Assortment '68 (Catalogue). British Lego Limited. 1968. p. 8. 3310-England.

External links

External video
video icon "Vintage LEGO Blueprints from 1965" on YouTube, showing all six 1965 blueprint models
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