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Bees, Shown to the Children

Bees, Shown to the Children by Ellison Hawks is available here as the complete text, split into 236 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Bees, Shown to the Children by Ellison Hawks. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66970.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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This edition of Bees, Shown to the Children by Ellison Hawks carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66970, divided into 40 chapters and 236 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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Bees, Shown to the Children is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Bees, Shown to the Children as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 236 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 40 chapters.

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Yes. All 1179 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66970 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #66970, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 98 minutes of reading across 236 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Coloured: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Bees, Shown to the Children; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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