Chapter 1 of The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00. THE FLOWER PRINCESS. Illustrated.
Chapter 1 of The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/90 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “THE FLOWER PRINCESS.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated.”
plural of “jewel” — a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading “THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “THE FLOWER PRINCESS.”
make square
From this reading “Square 12mo, $1.00.”
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading “THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.”
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading Square 12mo, $1.00.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Square 12mo, $1.00.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading THE FLOWER PRINCESS.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated.
plural of “jewel” — a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading Square 12mo, $1.00.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading THE FLOWER PRINCESS.
make square
From this reading Square 12mo, $1.00.
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS.
Chapter 1 of The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown holds 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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 452 sentences of The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 188 minutes of reading across 452 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
