Mary's Little Lamb
Mary's Little Lamb by Edith Francis Foster is available here as the complete text, split into 47 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Mary's Little Lamb: A Picture Guessing Story for Little Children by Edith Francis Foster. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43808.
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Mary's Little Lamb
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This edition of Mary's Little Lamb by Edith Francis Foster carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43808, divided into 1 chapters and 47 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 Mary's Little Lamb is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #43808 and divided into 47 sections.
This page carries the whole of Mary's Little Lamb by Edith Francis Foster, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #43808, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 235 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.
How is Mary's Little Lamb divided for reading?
Mary's Little Lamb is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Mary's Little Lamb as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 47 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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Every sentence of Mary's Little Lamb 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 Mary's Little Lamb
Common questions about reading Mary's Little Lamb by Edith Francis Foster on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Mary's Little Lamb?
Yes. All 235 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43808 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Mary's Little Lamb is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #43808, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Mary's Little Lamb take to read?
About 19 minutes of reading across 47 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Mary's Little Lamb section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Mary's Little Lamb
Words and structures a reader meets early in Mary's Little Lamb, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Little
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mary's Little Lamb; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Moffett's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mary's Little Lamb; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Mother
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mary's Little Lamb; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Asked
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mary's Little Lamb; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.