THE SUMMERS READERS
BY
MAUD SUMMERS
ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY
LUCY FITCH PERKINS
AND
MARION L. MAHONY
FRANK D. BEATTYS AND COMPANY
NEW YORK
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Thanks are due to the following publishers and authors for permission to reprint poems and to adapt stories on which they hold copyright:
Charles Scribner’s Sons:
“The Swing” and “At the Seaside” by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Educational Publishing Company:
“The Kind Old Oak” (Adapted) from “Little Flower Folks.”
Clayton F. Summy Company:
“The Song of the Mill-Stream” (Adapted) by Mildred and Patty Hill, from “Songs and Stories for the Kindergarten.”
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company:
“The Little Plant” by Emilie Poulsson from “Finger Plays.”
Kindergarten Magazine:
“The Little Red Apple” (Adapted).
Copyright, 1908, by
Frank D. Beattys and Company
New York
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“WHEN the school introduces and trains each child of society into membership within a little community, saturating him with the spirit of service, and providing him with the instruments of effective self-direction, we shall have the deepest and best guarantee of a larger society which is worthy, lovely, and harmonious.”
John Dewey.
A | a | N | n | |
B | b | O | o | |
C | c | P | p | |
D | d | Q | q | |
E | e | R | r | |
F | f | S | s | |
G | g | T | t | |
H | h | U | u | |
I | i | V | v | |
J | j | W | w | |
K | k | X | x | |
L | l | Y | y | |
M | m | Z | z |
The following is a list of the words used in the First Reader, omitting those previously used in the Primer. They are grouped by pages, in the order in which they first occur.
5 | apple |
6 | came |
waken | |
kissed | |
sang | |
fell | |
7 | doth |
shall | |
himself | |
hide | |
head | |
8 | blew |
off | |
stronger | |
than | |
coat | |
9 | now |
very | |
soon | |
10 | seen |
neither | |
nor | |
leaves | |
hang | |
trembling | |
10 | passing |
through | |
their | |
11 | work |
does | |
spring | |
summer | |
autumn | |
winter | |
12 | leaf-bud |
13 | sunshine |
dresses | |
give | |
14 | passed |
danced | |
were | |
covered | |
15 | pine |
long | |
needles | |
wish | |
should | |
gold | |
bag | |
17 | happy |
17 | glass |
broken | |
18 | goat |
19 | best |
20 | ant |
near | |
dropped | |
21 | shore |
gun | |
tried | |
shoot | |
bit | |
foot | |
helped | |
23 | brook |
running | |
would | |
stay | |
boat | |
carry | |
heard | |
never | |
could | |
find {154} | |
24 | raindrops |
sky | |
home | |
fishes | |
25 | together |
26 | Golden Locks |
bears | |
middle-sized | |
27 | bowls |
tasted | |
right | |
drank | |
28 | chair |
29 | hard |
bed | |
lay | |
31 | voice |
been | |
tasting | |
gone | |
sitting | |
32 | lying |
33 | looking |
jumped | |
34 | fox |
crow | |
cheese | |
must | |
looked | |
35 | falling |
35 | king |
met | |
Henny Penny | |
37 | last |
Cocky Locky | |
Ducky Lucky | |
38 | Turkey Lurkey |
39 | Foxy Loxy |
den | |
43 | swing |
air | |
think | |
pleasantest | |
child | |
wall | |
till | |
wide | |
rivers | |
cattle | |
countryside | |
garden | |
roof | |
44 | kind |
old | |
oak | |
45 | violets |
afraid | |
47 | woodmen |
cutting | |
47 | ax |
logs | |
ice | |
melt | |
48 | honest |
large | |
chip | |
lifted | |
lost | |
fairy | |
lived | |
why | |
crying | |
50 | silver |
steel | |
52 | mine |
only | |
53 | rhyme |
great | |
axes | |
men | |
splash | |
54 | seaside |
beside | |
wooden | |
spade | |
dig | |
sandy {155} | |
holes | |
empty | |
cup | |
more | |
55 | Riding Hood |
56 | called |
these | |
sick | |
path | |
57 | wolf |
59 | pick |
knocked | |
door | |
tap | |
60 | cap |
61 | better |
62 | arms |
hug | |
teeth | |
killed | |
63 | stream |
O | |
pushed | |
against | |
wheel | |
boards | |
64 | zish |
65 | buzz |
busy | |
66 | lion |
66 | paw |
caught | |
let | |
please | |
67 | net |
him | |
cut | |
sharp | |
69 | Browny |
dirty | |
mud | |
Whitey | |
greedy | |
Blacky | |
70 | cabbage |
brick | |
Mr. | |
71 | carried |
72 | next |
eating | |
knock | |
75 | kettle |
back | |
got | |
rolled | |
76 | full |
fire | |
rolling | |
ho | |
76 | chimney |
77 | pitcher |
handful | |
drop | |
began | |
cry | |
room | |
78 | before |
hope | |
she’ll | |
any | |
79 | I’d |
nicely | |
sit | |
hold | |
both | |
ends | |
’t would | |
beautiful | |
skies | |
clouds | |
roam | |
set | |
rise | |
rainbow | |
80 | carpenter |
81 | sled |
mend {156} | |
81 | plane |
rap-a-tap | |
hammer | |
tick-a-tack | |
new | |
82 | used |
tools | |
83 | gingerbread |
woman | |
baking | |
84 | oven |
threshers | |
85 | mowers |
88 | quarter |
half | |
spoke | |
89 | city |
country | |
mice | |
visit | |
enough | |
90 | while |
93 | bower |
friendly | |
toads | |
grudge | |
seeds | |
stalks | |
timid | |
furry | |
94 | miner |
coal | |
95 | dark |
lamp | |
click | |
click-ity | |
96 | engine |
puff | |
train | |
cars | |
97 | maple |
sugar | |
sap | |
pail | |
99 | spout |
hung | |
story | |
roots | |
100 | awake |
buds | |
needs | |
101 | thick |
syrup | |
pans | |
102 | woodpecker |
tip-y | |
builds | |
103 | Goody |
Twoshoes | |
104 | school |
read | |
children | |
books | |
nine | |
small | |
105 | five |
first | |
Billy | |
teach | |
107 | picked |
108 | Sally |
words | |
glad | |
teacher | |
109 | horses |
lambs | |
110 | pieces |
use | |
rides | |
111 | about |
often | |
112 | fleece |
sure | |
113 | followed |
rule | |
laugh | |
still {157} | |
113 | lingered |
waited | |
patiently | |
appear | |
eager | |
reply | |
115 | pet |
Lucy | |
lambkin | |
loved | |
fed | |
washed | |
playmate | |
117 | watched |
mittens | |
yarn | |
knitting | |
118 | oldest |
119 | second |
youngest | |
bring | |
dinner | |
light | |
120 | cock |
spotted | |
121 | animals |
cooked | |
supper | |
table | |
rest | |
121 | tired |
alone | |
122 | larger |
125 | petted |
hay | |
126 | castle |
son | |
changed | |
127 | sent |
128 | raked |
tiny | |
sow | |
earth | |
cover | |
129 | shining |
shines | |
pattering | |
soften | |
peeping | |
higher | |
hours | |
open | |
130 | Amy |
liked | |
talked | |
131 | bee |
133 | getting |
133 | honey |
134 | ask |
clover | |
135 | sew |
136 | brothers |
well | |
year | |
138 | kingdom |
chopping | |
wonder | |
asked | |
139 | yourself |
hundred | |
waiting | |
140 | walked |
picking | |
digging | |
laughed | |
141 | until |
143 | walnut |
moss | |
144 | tries |
146 | such |
dug | |
147 | lark |
150 | birdie |
longer | |
flies | |
151 | limbs |