Bobbs-Merrill Readers, Volume 1Bobbs-Merrill, 1924 - Children's poetry The only way to cultivate a taste for good reading is to read--and to enjoy while reading. It is upon this principle that the present texts are based. It provides pupils with a wide variety of literature, of many types, chosen primarily from library records, lists made by children, and teachers observations. The editors guiding question has been, "Does this passage provide a clear window through which boys and girls can look out upon an interesting phase of life?" The stories and poems in each volume are followed by a study section with exercises for vocabulary, comprehension, oral reading proficiency, or essays. These tasks increase in difficulty as the pupil ascends through the levels, and are given as the minimum essentials for pupil guidance. Teachers are free to adapt as necessary to meet the needs of their pupils. |
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Baby Bear Baby Bird Baker barn Betty saw Big Pig big voice Birdie Blacksmith cabbage chair Chunk cloth Country Mouse day the little dickory dinner Father Bear Fox laughed garden give the goat going home going to town Goldenhair lay goose Grasshopper hit Tar Baby huff Kittens laughed and laughed lay low let me fly Little Bo Peep little Boy Little Fish little girl little gray pony little house Little Pig Little Pot Little Robin Redbreast little voice little wings meadow meal Mother Bird cried Mother Bird flew nest North Wind o'clock old Frog old Woman opened orchard Primer puff Rabbit cried Rabbit hit ran and ran saw a little Shoemaker Simple Simon sleep a little Soon the Fox stick stop stuck fast swish tasted a bit Thank three Bears three little Pigs Thumbelina climbed Town Mouse turnips wee bed
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Page 28 - 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 154 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day ? Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away.
Page 40 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!
Page 76 - Simple Simon Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Said Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Said the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny;" Said Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed I have not any.
Page 126 - Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn. The sheep are in the meadow, The cows are in the corn.
Page 40 - OLD mother Hubbard, Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone ; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker's To buy him some bread, But when she came back The poor dog was dead.
Page 66 - Where are you going, my little cat ? " "I am going to town to get me a hat." "What! A hat for a cat! A cat get a hat ! Who ever saw a cat with a hat?
Page 10 - Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.
Page 117 - White sheep, white sheep On a blue hill, When the wind stops You all stand still. When the wind blows You walk away slow White sheep, white sheep, Where do you go?
Page 15 - Little pig, little pig, let me come in." "No, no, by the hair of my chinny chin chin." "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in.