The New McGuffey First[-fifth] Reader, Book 1American book Company, 1901 - Children's literature |
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apple tree baby baby doll big bird big dog big doll big hat blow bright bush busy bee buzz catch clock cow can run drum fall fast father gave field fish funny glad goes going to school gone green leaves grow Henry hill home horse honey John jump keep kite kitten kind little bird little boy little dog little girl little Lucy Little Robin Redbreast look MCGUF MCGUFFEY moon morning mother nest oars pail of water pet kitten phonic picture pretty birds pretty flowers Pussy Cat rain ripe river run and play sail SANTA CLARA COUNTY says shade sing sit give soon summer sun shines sweet apples sweet violets tack take the ball tall teacher tell tick tick,tack to-day violets sweet wagon wake warm whip wild flowers wild rose yellow as gold yellow flowers yellow rose
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Page 50 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 112 - Children who read my lay, This much I have to say: Each day, and every day, Do what is right ! Right things in great and small, Then, though the sky should fall, Sun, moon, and stars, and all, You shall have light...
Page 92 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Page 112 - Be you tempted as you may, Each day, and every day, Speak what is true ! True things, in great and small ; Then, though the sky should fall, Sun, moon, and stars, and all, Heaven would show through...
Page 60 - How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour? It gathers honey all the day From every bud and flower. § bees. buzz bus.y ABCDEFG HIJ KLMNOP -=»QKSTUVW QESTUVW =iX ... Y . . . Z, 0 dear me ! I can not say my ABC. f(T...
Page 4 - A a N n B b O o C c P P D d Q q E e R r F f S s G g T t H h U u I i V V J J W w K k X X L 1 Y y M m Z Z THE CHILDREN'S PRIMER.
Page 111 - Tells me when the right hours are, For eating, for sleeping, for play and all, For rising and bathing, itsounds the call; ^^E^ Beat by beat with forward, back, Ev- er tick and cv - ertack.
Page 3 - ... embody and illustrate the best features of the word, the phonic, and the sentence or thought methods. While all the stories in this book are new, or have been rewritten especially for its pages, care has been taken to preserve the distinguishing characteristics which have given to the McGuffey Readers their unparalleled popularity and usefulness. The gradation both in thought and in words has been carefully maintained, and the work provided enables the pupils to advance by easy and evenly progressive...