Are Parents People?
Are Parents People? by Alice Duer Miller is available here as the complete text, split into 984 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Are Parents People? by Alice Duer Miller. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64917.
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Are Parents People?
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This edition of Are Parents People? by Alice Duer Miller carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #64917, divided into 12 chapters and 984 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.
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Are Parents People? is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Are Parents People? as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 984 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 sections are gathered into 12 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Are Parents People??
Yes. All 4918 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #64917 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Are Parents People? is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #64917, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Are Parents People? take to read?
About 409 minutes of reading across 984 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Are Parents People?
Words and structures a reader meets early in Are Parents People?, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Parents
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Are Parents People?; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- People
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Are Parents People?; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Are Parents People?; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Person
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Are Parents People?; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.