Chapter 1 of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PICTURE BOOK. PICTURE BOOK. LETTER-PRESS DESCRIPTIONS. LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
Chapter 1 of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “PICTURE BOOK.”
plural of “description” — a statement that represents something in words
From this reading “LETTER-PRESS DESCRIPTIONS.”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.”
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “PICTURE BOOK.”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading PICTURE BOOK.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
plural of “description” — a statement that represents something in words
From this reading LETTER-PRESS DESCRIPTIONS.
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LETTER-PRESS DESCRIPTIONS.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading PICTURE BOOK.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
Chapter 1 of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing by Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) [Editor] Baker holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 184 sentences of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing by Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) [Editor] Baker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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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