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Graded Literature Readers Fifth Book 1900 Hard Cover Original
Graded Literature Readers Fifth Book 260 Pages Hard Cover 1900
PREFACE
IT is believed that the Graded Literature Readers will commend themselves to thoughtful teachers by their careful grading, their sound methods, and the variety and literary character of their subject-matter.
They have been made not only in recognition of the growing discontent with the selections in the older readers, but also with an appreciation of the value of the educational features which many of those readers contained. Their chief points of divergence from other new books-, therefore, are their choice of subject-matter and their conservatism in method.
A great consideration governing the choice of all the selections has been that they shall interest children. The difficulty of learning to read is minimized when the interest is aroused.
School readers, which supply almost the only reading of many children, should stimulate a taste for good literature and awaken interest in a wide range of subjects.
In the Graded Literature Readers good literature has been presented as early as possible, and the classic tales and fable's, to which constant allusion is made in literature and daily life, are largely used.
Nature study has received due attention. The lessons on scientific subjects, though necessarily simple at first, preserve always a strict accuracy.
The careful drawings of plants and animals, and the illustrations in color - many of them photographs from nature - will be attractive to the pupil and helpful in connection with nature study.
No expense has been spared to maintain a high standard in the illustrations, and excellent engravings of masterpieces are given throughout the series with a view to quickening appreciation of the best in art.
These books have been prepared with the hearty sympathy and very practical assistance of many distinguished educators in different parts of the country, including some of the most successful teachers of reading in primary, intermediate, an
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