Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!
Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Jewell Ellen Smith is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1006 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Jewell Ellen Smith. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2357.
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Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!
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Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1006 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 11 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #2357, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 419 minutes of reading across 1006 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!
Words and structures a reader meets early in Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Usher
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- Carefully
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- Wheeled
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- Chair
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