Chapter 1 of All About the Little Small Red Hen is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of All About the Little Small Red Hen is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
All About The Little Small Red Hen All About the Little Small Red Hen. Illustrated by John B. Gruelle. NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY. _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter. Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
Chapter 1 of All About the Little Small Red Hen is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
From this reading “Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.”
adult female chicken
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past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated by John B. Gruelle.”
a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
From this reading “NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY.”
seen in the mind as a mental image
From this reading “Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.”
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
From this reading “_Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.”
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading “_Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.”
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From this reading _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.
on the subject of; concerning
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading Illustrated by John B. Gruelle.
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From this reading _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Illustrated by John B. Gruelle.
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY.
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From this reading NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
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From this reading Illustrated by John B. Gruelle.
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
adult female chicken
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past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated by John B. Gruelle.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Illustrated by John B. Gruelle.
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From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
From this reading NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY.
for each
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disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
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seen in the mind as a mental image
From this reading Pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish.
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
From this reading _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
From this reading _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading _Price per volume, 35 Cents_ "ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT," By Beatrix Potter.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY.
Chapter 1 of All About the Little Small Red Hen by Anonymous holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 88 sentences of All About the Little Small Red Hen, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of All About the Little Small Red Hen by Anonymous exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 88 sentences, grouped into 18 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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