The Story Hour
The Story Hour by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 273 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Story Hour: A Book for the Home and the Kindergarten by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5835.
Course Syllabus
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The Story Hour
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This edition of The Story Hour by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5835, divided into 3 chapters and 273 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.
Where can I read The Story Hour in full?
The complete text of The Story Hour is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #5835 and divided into 273 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Story Hour by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5835, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1363 sentences across 3 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 The Story Hour divided for reading?
The Story Hour is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Story Hour as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 273 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 3 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.
Can I hear The Story Hour read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Story Hour can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Story Hour 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 The Story Hour
Common questions about reading The Story Hour by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Story Hour?
Yes. All 1363 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5835 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Story Hour is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #5835, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Story Hour take to read?
About 113 minutes of reading across 273 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Story Hour section by section
How to work through The Story Hour section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 3 chapters of The Story Hour 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 The Story Hour
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Story Hour, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Douglas
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story Hour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wiggin
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story Hour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Smith
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story Hour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Therefore
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story Hour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.