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Sky Island

Sky Island by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 637 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Sky Island Being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4356.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 30 chapters

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Sky Island

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This edition of Sky Island by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4356, divided into 30 chapters and 637 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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Rather than presenting Sky Island as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 637 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 30 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 #4356, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Sky Island take to read?

About 265 minutes of reading across 637 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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