A First Reader
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A FIRST READER
THE ALDINE READERS
Frank E. Spaulding
Superintendent of Schools, Minneapolis, Minn.
and
Catherine T. Bryce
Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Minneapolis, Minn.
With Illustrations by
Margaret Ely Webb
NEW YORK
Frank E. Spaulding
Catherine T. Bryce
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A FIRST READER
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
With·The·Birds
THE OLD OAK TREE
Out·of·Doors
THE WIND
THE LEAVES
THE BIRDS AND THE LEAVES
THE SNOW
LITTLE BIRDIE
FEEDING THE SQUIRRELS
THE SQUIRRELS
In·Summer Time
SUMMER IS COMING
PUSSY WILLOWS
THE PUSSIES
LITTLE VIOLET
MOTHER’S SONG
BABY
BABY ASLEEP
THE NEW KITE
TOM AND THE WIND
THE SONG OF THE WIND
THE ROSE
THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
THE GARDEN IN WINTER
ROSE, DAISY, AND LILY
THE SPRING TIME
TOM AND THE BIRDS
THE STAR
THE DANDELION’S FRIENDS
At·Christmas·Tide
WHO IS IT?
SANTA CLAUS
WHO IS SANTA CLAUS?
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THE DOLL AND THE SLED
CHRISTMAS MORNING
PLAYING IN THE SNOW
THE LITTLE PLANT
BE GLAD
THE FAIRY BUTTERFLY
THE BUTTERFLY IN THE GARDEN
THE LITTLE FAIRY
THE WHITE LILY
THE CATERPILLAR
THE DANDELION
THE BEE
THE BUSY BEE
WHY THE CLOVER IS SWEET
Vocabulary
