Is There a Santa Claus?
Is There a Santa Claus? by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis is available here as the complete text, split into 19 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Is There a Santa Claus? by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31996.
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Is There a Santa Claus?
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This edition of Is There a Santa Claus? by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #31996, divided into 1 chapters and 19 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 Is There a Santa Claus? is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #31996 and divided into 19 sections.
This page carries the whole of Is There a Santa Claus? by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #31996, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 95 sentences across 1 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.
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Is There a Santa Claus? is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Is There a Santa Claus? as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 19 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 1 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Is There a Santa Claus??
Yes. All 95 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31996 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Is There a Santa Claus? is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #31996, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Is There a Santa Claus? take to read?
About 7 minutes of reading across 19 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Is There a Santa Claus?
Words and structures a reader meets early in Is There a Santa Claus?, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Santa
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Is There a Santa Claus?; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Claus
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- Little
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- Western
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