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| Title | Fun with Dick and Jane (p. 20) |
| Alternate Title | Basic Readers: Curriculum Foundation Series |
| Author | Gray, William S. (William Scott), 1885-1960; Arbuthnot, May Hill, 1884-1969 |
| Publisher | Scott, Foresman and Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--Illinois--Chicago
United States--Georgia--Atlanta
United States--Texas--Dallas
United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | 1940 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Campbell, Eleanor
Ward, Keith
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| Image Production Process | Planographic prints--lithographs
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| Notes | In "Do What I Do, " Mother, Dick, and Jane can touch their foot like Father but Sally cannot because she is too little. |
| Contextual Notes | Dick and Jane appeared as the main characters in the Elson-Gray Readers written by Dr. William S. Gray in the 1930s. This first reader incorporates the 58 words from the three pre-primers and adds 100 more words. Supporting characters included Baby (or Sally), Mother, Father, Spot the dog, Puff the cat, Jack the clown and Tim the teddy bear. "Baby" has become "Sally" in this edition.
This new edition was first offered on a trial basis to first graders at certain schools beginning September 1939. The Dick and Jane series was used in the United States to teach children to read from the 1930's to the 1970s and relied on sight reading and repetition. When studies increasingly supported phonics as a more effective method of learning to read, the series became less popular. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Readers and speakers -- 1870-; Readers (Elementary) |
| Category | Readers
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0744 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. Item promised to Special Collections, not yet received. 2011 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 160 p.: illustrated; 20 x 15 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 6.18 |
