1951 Dick & Jane Primer: "We Work and We Play" The All-American Nuclear Family
Vintage Dick & Jane "We Work and We Play" Reading Pre-Primer, 1951 Portland Public School. Featuring the all-American nuclear family at home doing various chores, activities, and projects. Work Dick, Work! Lovely watercolor illustrations of mid century family life. Published by Scott Foresman Company as "The New We Work and We Play," this is the second book in their "pre-primer" series. This edition introduces 21 new words ("mother" "father" "blue" "yellow" "little" "big" etc) to the reader for a total of 38 words in its overall vocabulary. 64 pages in a 8" X 6" soft cover. The cover does show considerable shelf wear and some of the early pages have "thumb wear" at the bottom corner, but overall it is in pretty good condition with the text and pictures all clean, clear, and vibrant. No stray marks, tears, or odors.
In grade school this was book and its associated drills was either an exciting thing to behold, or absolute drudgery. For me, it was simply a competition: my goal (and innate gift) even at that early age, was speed reading and I always got to be in the most advanced reading group ("jets" "rockets" "racers" etc) on that factor alone, regardless of my sloppy comprehension, which was just okay. So. Read On Dick, Read On!
WORK DICK WORK
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