Chapter 1 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. NORWOOD, MASS. U. S. A. WHAT ARE “GIRL PIONEERS”?
Chapter 1 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
a young female
From this reading “WHAT ARE “GIRL PIONEERS”?”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading “NORWOOD, MASS.”
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading “WHAT ARE “GIRL PIONEERS”?”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.”
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading “BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading U. S. A.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WHAT ARE “GIRL PIONEERS”?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
a young female
From this reading WHAT ARE “GIRL PIONEERS”?
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading NORWOOD, MASS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading WHAT ARE “GIRL PIONEERS”?
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading U. S. A.
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading U. S. A.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT ARE “GIRL PIONEERS”?
Chapter 1 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey holds 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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 48 sentences of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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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