Sunny Boy and His Playmates
Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Ramy Allison White is available here as the complete text, split into 422 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Ramy Allison White. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #17902.
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Sunny Boy and His Playmates
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
This edition of Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Ramy Allison White carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #17902, divided into 15 chapters and 422 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 Sunny Boy and His Playmates as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 422 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 15 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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Is this the complete text of Sunny Boy and His Playmates?
Yes. All 2110 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #17902 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Sunny Boy and His Playmates is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #17902, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sunny Boy and His Playmates take to read?
About 175 minutes of reading across 422 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Sunny Boy and His Playmates
Words and structures a reader meets early in Sunny Boy and His Playmates, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Santa
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Sunny Boy and His Playmates; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Claus
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- Brought
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- Sunny
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