Download or read book Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a collection of literary works containing poems, stories, and essays from a range of English and American authors, carefully selected to provide engaging reading material for beginners. The works are arranged thematically, with each section designed to help young readers develop important skills such as comprehension, critical thinking, and creativity.
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Download or read book Verse and Prose written by Horace Elisha Scudder and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature Horace Elisha Scudder The attentive reader of this little book will be apt to notice very soon that though its title is Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading, the verse occupies nine tenths, the prose being confined to about two hundred proverbs and familiar sayings-some of them, indeed, in rhyme-scattered in groups throughout the book. The reason for this will be apparent as soon as one considers the end in view in the preparation of this compilation. The Riverside Primer and Reader, as stated in its Introduction, "is designed to serve as the sole text-book in reading required by a pupil. When he has mastered it he is ready to make the acquaintance of the world's literature in the English tongue." The agreeable task of the editor, therefore, was to search English and American literature for those poems which had fallen from the lips of poets with so sweet a cadence and in such simple notes that they would offer but slight difficulties to a child who had mastered the rudiments of reading. It was by no means necessary that such poems should have had an audience of children in mind nor have taken childhood for a subject, though it was natural that a few of the verses should prove to be suggested by some aspect of child-life. The selection must be its own advocate, but it may be worth while to point out that the plan of the book supposes an easy approach to the more serious poems by means of the light ditties of the nursery; that there is no more reason for depriving a child of honest fun in his verse than there is for condemning the child's elders to grave poetry exclusively; and that it is not necessary or even desirable for a poem to come at once within the reader's comprehension. To take an extreme case, Tennyson's lines "Break, Break, Break!" would no doubt be ruled out of such a book as this by many in sympathy with children; yet the unexplainable power of the poem is not beyond the apprehension of sensitive natures at an early age. The contents have been gleaned from a number of sources, and the editor is glad to mingle with the names of the secure dwellers on Parnassus those of some living Americans and Englishmen. He does not pretend that he has made an exhaustive collection, but he hopes the book may be regarded as the nucleus for an anthology which cannot, in the nature of things, be very large. The prose, as already intimated, is confined to groups of proverbs and familiar sayings. In one aspect these single lines of prose present difficulties to the young reader: they are condensed forms of expression, even though the words may be simple; but they offer the convenient small change of intellectual currency which it is well for one to be supplied with at an early stage of one's journey, and they afford to the teacher a capital opportunity for conversational and other exercises. To treat a poem as a mere quarry out of which a particularly smooth stone can be chipped is to misinterpret poetry. A poem is a statue, not a quarry.
Download or read book Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected From English And American Literature written by Horace Elisha Scudder and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
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Download or read book Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Lite written by Horace Elisha Scudder and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VERSE AND PROSE FOR BEGINNERS IN READING. ALPHABET. A was an apple-pie;B bit it;C cut it;D dealt it;E ate it;F fought for it;G got it;H had it;J joined it;K kept it;L longed for it: M mourned for it;N nodded at it;O opened it;P peeped into it;Q quartered it;R ran for it;S stole it;T took it;V viewed it;W wanted it;X, Y, Z, and amperse-and, All wished for a piece in hand. A DEWDROP. Little drop of dew, Like a gem you are;I believe that you Must have been a star. When the day is bright, On the grass you lie;Tell me then, at night Are you in the sky? BEES. Bees don't care about the snow;I can tell you why that's so: Once I caught a little beeWho was much too warm for me! * * * * * Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool?Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full; One for my master, And one for my dame, But none for the little boy Who cries in the lane. * * * * * Bless you, bless you, burnie bee;Say, when will your wedding be?If it be to-morrow day, Take your wings and fly away.
Download or read book Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading written by Horace Elisha Scudder and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Vol 1 of 2 written by Horace Elisha Scudder and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading, Vol. 1 of 2: Selected From English and American Literature Tm; attentive reader of this little book will be apt to notice very soon that though its title is Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading, the verse occupies nine tenths, the prose being confined to about two hundred proverbs and familiar sayings some of them, indeed, in rhyme scattered in groups throughout the book. The reason for this will be apparent as soon as one considers the end in view in the preparation of this compilation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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