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Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth

Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth by Kate Douglas Smith [Compiler] Wiggin is available here as the complete text, split into 849 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth by Kate Douglas Smith [Compiler] Wiggin. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34237.

15 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 15 chapters

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Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth

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Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #34237, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 353 minutes of reading across 849 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth

Words and structures a reader meets early in Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Golden
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Numbers
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Thomas
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dekker
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