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The Forest Beyond the Woodlands: A Fairy Tale
The Forest Beyond the Woodlands: A Fairy Tale

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of The Forest Beyond the Woodlands: A Fairy Tale is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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“In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....
I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.
It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.
“Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....
A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.
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The Forest Beyond the Woodlands: A Fairy Tale

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of The Forest Beyond the Woodlands: A Fairy Tale is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....
/ɪn ɪts sens ʌv ˌriːˈælətiː ənd ɪn ðə ˈjuːnəti ʌv ˈtʃaɪldhʊd wɪð waɪld ˈneɪtʃər aɪ noʊ ʌv noʊ bʊk wɪð wɪtʃ tuː kəmˈper ɪt/
Line 2
I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.
/aɪ bɪˈliːv ðæt ɪts əˈpiːl wɪl biː tuː ˈtʃɪldrən ʌv ˈdɪfərənt ˈeɪdʒəz ənd tuː ˈevəri ɡroʊn ˈpɜːrsən huː hæz ˈeni lʌv ʌv ˈbjuːti ɔːr riˈmembrəns ʌv ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
Line 3
It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.
Line 4
“Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....
Line 5
A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Bookman noun US /ˈbʊkmən/

a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Carroll noun US /ˈkærəl/

English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

From this reading “It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.”

illustrators noun US /ˈɪləstreɪtərz/

plural of “illustrator” — an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)

From this reading ““Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....”

imaginative adjective US /ˌɪˈmædʒənətɪv/

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

From this reading ““Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....”

landscapes noun US /ˈlændskeɪps/

plural of “landscape” — an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading “A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.”

misadventures noun US /mɪsədˈventʃərz/

plural of “misadventure” — an instance of misfortune

From this reading “A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.”

monkeys noun US /ˈmʌŋkiz/

plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

From this reading ““Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....”

unity noun US /ˈjuːnəti/

an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

From this reading ““In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

read aloud verb + particle

In this reading “It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.”

royal blood adjective + noun

In this reading ““Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....”

strange creatures adjective + noun counted as “strange creature”

In this reading “A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.”

Little Boy adjective + noun

In this reading ““Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....”

grown person adjective + noun

In this reading “I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.”

first rank adjective + noun

In this reading ““Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....”

All words in this reading · 100

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

adventuresnounUS /ædˈventʃərz/

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

AfricanadjectiveUS /ˈæfrəkən/

of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

agesnounUS /ˈeɪdʒəz/

plural of “age” — how long something has existed

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

aloudadverbUS /əˈlaʊd/

using the voice; not silently

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

AmericannounUS /əˈmerəkən/

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

Annie

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

anyadjectiveUS /ˈeni/

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

appealverbUS /əˈpiːl/

take a court case to a higher court for review

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

BeautifullyadverbUS /ˈbjuːtəfli/

in a beautiful manner

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

beautynounUS /ˈbjuːti/

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

believeverbUS /bɪˈliːv/

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

blackadjectiveUS /blæk/

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

booknounUS /bʊk/

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

BookmannounUS /ˈbʊkmən/

a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

boundadjectiveUS /baʊnd/

confined by bonds

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

BoynounUS /bɔɪ/

a youthful male person

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

CarrollnounUS /ˈkærəl/

English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

ChicagonounUS /ʃəˈkɑːɡoʊ/

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

childhoodnounUS /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/

the time of person's life when they are a child

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

childrennounUS /ˈtʃɪldrən/

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

colornounUS /ˈkʌlər/

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

compareverbUS /kəmˈper/

examine and note the similarities or differences of

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

concernsnounUS /kənˈsɜːrnz/

plural of “concern” — something that interests you because it is important or affects you

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

creaturesnounUS /ˈkriːtʃərz/

plural of “creature” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

differentadjectiveUS /ˈdɪfərənt/

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

Dorothy

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

EveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

faerynoun

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

forestsnounUS /ˈfɔːrəsts/

plural of “forest” — the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

fulladjectiveUS /fʊl/

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

grownadjectiveUS /ɡroʊn/

(of animals) fully developed

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

hutnounUS /hʌt/

temporary military shelter

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

illustratedverbUS /ˈɪləstreɪtəd/

past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

illustrationsnounUS /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃənz/

plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

illustratorsnounUS /ˈɪləstreɪtərz/

plural of “illustrator” — an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

imaginativeadjectiveUS /ˌɪˈmædʒənətɪv/

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

junglenounUS /ˈdʒʌŋɡəl/

a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

kingdomnounUS /ˈkɪŋdəm/

a domain in which something is dominant

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

knowverbUS /noʊ/

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

landscapesnounUS /ˈlændskeɪps/

plural of “landscape” — an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

Lathrop

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From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

Lathrop's

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From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

leftnounUS /left/

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

LittleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

LostadjectiveUS /lɔːst/

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

misadventuresnounUS /mɪsədˈventʃərz/

plural of “misadventure” — an instance of misfortune

From this reading A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

MissverbUS /mɪs/

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

monkeysnounUS /ˈmʌŋkiz/

plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

MoorenounUS /mʊr/

United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969)

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

Mulla-Mulgars

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From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

naturenounUS /ˈneɪtʃər/

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

PnounUS /piː/

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

personnounUS /ˈpɜːrsən/

a human being

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

placedadjectiveUS /pleɪst/

situated in a particular spot or position

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

PostverbUS /poʊst/

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

ranknounUS /ræŋk/

a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

readverbUS /red/

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

realitynounUS /ˌriːˈælətiː/

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

remembrancenounUS /riˈmembrəns/

the ability to recall past occurrences

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

royaladjectiveUS /ˈrɔɪəl/

of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

seekverbUS /siːk/

try to get or reach

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

sensenounUS /sens/

a general conscious awareness

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

storynounUS /ˈstɔːri/

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

strangeadjectiveUS /streɪndʒ/

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

talenounUS /teɪl/

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading A tale of strange creatures and strange landscapes, of adventures and misadventures in faery forests.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

ThreenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

UnclenounUS /ˈʌŋkəl/

the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

unitynounUS /ˈjuːnəti/

an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

whitenounUS /waɪt/

a Caucasian

From this reading “Miss Lathrop’s illustrations for ‘A Little Boy Lost’ and for ‘The Three Mulla-Mulgars’ have placed her, at a bound, in the first rank of American imaginative illustrators.”--_Chicago Evening Post._ _Beautifully illustrated in full color and black and white by Dorothy P. Lathrop._ “The story concerns the adventures of three monkeys of royal blood who have left their hut in the African jungle to seek the wonderful kingdom of their Uncle....

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

wildadjectiveUS /waɪld/

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading I believe that its appeal will be to children of different ages and to every grown person who has any love of beauty or remembrance of childhood.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading “In its sense of reality and in the unity of childhood with wild nature, I know of no book with which to compare it....

wonderfuladjectiveUS /ˈwʌndərfəl/

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading It is a wonderful book to read aloud to children.”--Annie Carroll Moore in _The Bookman_.

Chapter 1 of The Forest Beyond the Woodlands: A Fairy Tale by Mildred Kennedy holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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.

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Sense
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Reality
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Unity
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Childhood
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