Forgotten Books of the American Nursery
Forgotten Books of the American Nursery by Rosalie Vrylina Halsey is available here as the complete text, split into 535 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book by Rosalie Vrylina Halsey. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #17857.
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Forgotten Books of the American Nursery
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This edition of Forgotten Books of the American Nursery by Rosalie Vrylina Halsey carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #17857, divided into 8 chapters and 535 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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Forgotten Books of the American Nursery is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Forgotten Books of the American Nursery as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 535 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 8 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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Yes. All 2673 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #17857 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #17857, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 222 minutes of reading across 535 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Forgotten Books of the American Nursery
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- Shelf
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Forgotten Books of the American Nursery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Books
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Forgotten Books of the American Nursery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Belonging
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Forgotten Books of the American Nursery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- American
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Forgotten Books of the American Nursery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.