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A Child’s History of England Volume I (1852)

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A brief history of England written for children. This first volume includes from the earliest times to the death of King John. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. W. Topham

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A Child’s History of England Volume II (1853)

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A brief history of England written for children. This volume includes from the reign of Henry the Third to that of Richard the Third. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. W. Topham

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A Child’s History of England Volume III (1854)

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A brief history of England written for children. This volume covers from the reign of Henry the Seventh to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. W. Topham

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The Multiplication Table in Verse (1867)

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A unique approach to arithmetic. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Grammar in Rhyme (1868)

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An introduction to the parts of speech. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The English Spelling Book (1885)

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An elementary school speller. The illustrations were later used for the Almanacks of 1889 and 1895 and the initial letters for the ABC.... View More

Author(s): William Mavor
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Golden Primer: Part II (1885)

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The above is one of the illustrations in the second part of this children’s primer. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Golden Primer: Parts I and II (1885)

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The pictures in this primer were originally poster size and used by Professor Meikeljohn at his lectures.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Little Grains for Little People (1885)

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Illustrated poems about natural products and how we use them. It was at least sometimes given away as an advertisement. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

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What Percy Found (1885)

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An anthology taken from Little Folks' Reader magazine.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

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A Romance of the Three R’s (1886)

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An omnibus including Slateandpencilvania, Little Queen Anne, and Pothooks and Perseverence. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Hiawatha Primer (1898)

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An elementary school reader. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Florence Holbrook
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The Dale Readers: First Primer (1899)

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The first of a series of elementary school readers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Nellie Dale
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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English as She Is Taught (1900)

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This is a reprint of a review of English as She Is Taught by Caroline B. Le Row, first published in 1887. Twain’s work first appeared in England in 1887. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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The Book of Nature Myths (1902)

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An elementary school reader featuring fifty-four nature myths, mainly from Native American sources. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Florence Holbrook
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Anne of Avonlea (1909)

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Anne is about to start her first term teaching at the Avonlea school, although she will still continue her studies at home with Gilbert. READ NOW.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): George Gibbs

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The Temple Literary Readers Book 5 (1910)

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An elementary school reader with some illustrations by Rackham. The cover is actually for Book 4.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

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Good English (1918)

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An elementary school textbook of English composition. This is the original one-volume edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Henry Seidel Canby
John Baker Opdycke
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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The Fox Third Reader (1919)

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An elementary school reader with the stories set out as plays or dialogues. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Florence Cornelia Fox
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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History Stories for Primary Grades (1919)

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An elementary school reader. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): John Walter Wayland
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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