Good Stories for Great Birthdays
Good Stories for Great Birthdays by Frances Jenkins Olcott is available here as the complete text, split into 966 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Good stories for great birthdays arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading by Frances Jenkins Olcott. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55592.
Course Syllabus
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Good Stories for Great Birthdays
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This edition of Good Stories for Great Birthdays by Frances Jenkins Olcott carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55592, divided into 12 chapters and 966 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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The complete text of Good Stories for Great Birthdays is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #55592 and divided into 966 sections.
This page carries the whole of Good Stories for Great Birthdays by Frances Jenkins Olcott, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #55592, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4828 sentences across 12 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 Good Stories for Great Birthdays divided for reading?
Good Stories for Great Birthdays is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Good Stories for Great Birthdays as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 966 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 12 chapters.
Can I hear Good Stories for Great Birthdays read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Good Stories for Great Birthdays can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Good Stories for Great Birthdays 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 Good Stories for Great Birthdays
Common questions about reading Good Stories for Great Birthdays by Frances Jenkins Olcott on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Good Stories for Great Birthdays?
Yes. All 4828 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55592 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Good Stories for Great Birthdays is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #55592, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Good Stories for Great Birthdays take to read?
About 402 minutes of reading across 966 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Good Stories for Great Birthdays section by section
How to work through Good Stories for Great Birthdays section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 12 chapters of Good Stories for Great Birthdays 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 Good Stories for Great Birthdays
Words and structures a reader meets early in Good Stories for Great Birthdays, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Whose
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Birthdays; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Smile
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Birthdays; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Kindness
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Birthdays; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Haunt
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Birthdays; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.