A Day at the County Fair
A Day at the County Fair by Alice Hale Burnett is available here as the complete text, split into 87 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Day at the County Fair by Alice Hale Burnett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23999.
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A Day at the County Fair
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This edition of A Day at the County Fair by Alice Hale Burnett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23999, divided into 9 chapters and 87 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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A Day at the County Fair is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Day at the County Fair as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 87 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 9 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Is this the complete text of A Day at the County Fair?
Yes. All 431 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #23999 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Day at the County Fair is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #23999, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Day at the County Fair take to read?
About 35 minutes of reading across 87 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Day at the County Fair
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Day at the County Fair, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Day at the County Fair; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Beth's
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- Garden
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- Party
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