Five Little Friends
Five Little Friends by Sherred Willcox Adams is available here as the complete text, split into 224 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Five Little Friends by Sherred Willcox Adams. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7801.
Course Syllabus
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Five Little Friends
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This edition of Five Little Friends by Sherred Willcox Adams carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #7801, divided into 2 chapters and 224 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.
Where can I read Five Little Friends in full?
The complete text of Five Little Friends is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #7801 and divided into 224 sections.
This page carries the whole of Five Little Friends by Sherred Willcox Adams, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #7801, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1119 sentences across 2 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Five Little Friends divided for reading?
Five Little Friends is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Five Little Friends as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 224 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 2 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.
Can I hear Five Little Friends read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Five Little Friends can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Five Little Friends can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading Five Little Friends
Common questions about reading Five Little Friends by Sherred Willcox Adams on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Five Little Friends?
Yes. All 1119 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #7801 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Five Little Friends is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #7801, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Five Little Friends take to read?
About 93 minutes of reading across 224 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Five Little Friends section by section
How to work through Five Little Friends section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 2 chapters of Five Little Friends to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in Five Little Friends
Words and structures a reader meets early in Five Little Friends, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Betty
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Five Little Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Peggy
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Five Little Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Five Little Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Friends
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Five Little Friends; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.