Chapter 1 of Little White Barbara is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Little White Barbara is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Little White Barbara is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writing in capital letters
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resembling a garbage dump
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a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
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plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
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third-person singular of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
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possessive form of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
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something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
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not made or become different
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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 This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children."
(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
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children."
the past participle of “be”
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being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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Bound written or printed works.
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writing in capital letters
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plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
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resembling a garbage dump
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either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The publisher's list has been moved to the end of the e-text.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The publisher's list has been moved to the end of the e-text.
a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
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plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
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have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading Other titles include _Little Yellow Wang-lo_ and _Little Black Sambo_.
third-person singular of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
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give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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in an original manner
From this reading This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children."
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
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something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children."
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children."
possessive form of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
From this reading The publisher's list has been moved to the end of the e-text.
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
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similar things placed in order or happening one after another
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the words of something written
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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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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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plural of “title” — a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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not made or become different
From this reading Punctuation and capitalization are unchanged.] 18.
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
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the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This book was originally published as part of a series, "The Dumpy Books for Children."
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Other titles include _Little Yellow Wang-lo_ and _Little Black Sambo_.
Chapter 1 of Little White Barbara by Eleanor S. March holds 74 sentences, grouped into 15 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 74 sentences of Little White Barbara, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Little White Barbara by Eleanor S. March exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 74 sentences, grouped into 15 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.
Work through the 15 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 6 minutes of reading across 15 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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