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Dimbie and I—and Amelia

Dimbie and I—and Amelia by Mabel Barnes-Grundy is available here as the complete text, split into 1304 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Dimbie and I—and Amelia by Mabel Barnes-Grundy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #47003.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 30 chapters

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Dimbie and I—and Amelia

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  1. Chapter I 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 85 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 108 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Outside
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World
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Bathed
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Sunshine
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