Mother's Nursery Tales
Mother's Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle is available here as the complete text, split into 798 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Mother's Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #49001.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
Mother's Nursery Tales
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0 of 794 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of Mother's Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #49001, divided into 9 chapters and 798 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.
Where can I read Mother's Nursery Tales in full?
The complete text of Mother's Nursery Tales is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #49001 and divided into 798 sections.
This page carries the whole of Mother's Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #49001, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3986 sentences across 9 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 Mother's Nursery Tales divided for reading?
Mother's Nursery Tales is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Mother's Nursery Tales as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 798 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 9 chapters.
Can I hear Mother's Nursery Tales read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Mother's Nursery Tales can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Mother's Nursery Tales 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 Mother's Nursery Tales
Common questions about reading Mother's Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Mother's Nursery Tales?
Yes. All 3986 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #49001 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Mother's Nursery Tales is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #49001, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Mother's Nursery Tales take to read?
About 332 minutes of reading across 798 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Mother's Nursery Tales section by section
How to work through Mother's Nursery Tales section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 9 chapters of Mother's Nursery Tales 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 Mother's Nursery Tales
Words and structures a reader meets early in Mother's Nursery Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Printed
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mother's Nursery Tales; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- United
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mother's Nursery Tales; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- States
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mother's Nursery Tales; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- America
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Mother's Nursery Tales; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.