Books We Read
in the 40's & 50's
In 1940, Scott, Foresman & Company released Fun
with Dick and Jane and Our New Friends,
two new basic readers designed for
the first grade level. Both books were reprinted in 1946.
Some of the poems we read at school....
and
who can forget the first stanza of...
Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;
The Smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
Peter and the Wolf
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