The New McGuffey First Reader
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- First published
- Unknown
- Pages
- 49Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 2 of 10
A little about the story
I have a doll. See my doll! The famous McGuffey Readers taught generations of American children to read, and this is a first reader for beginners: simple sentences, new words on each page and little poems like How doth the little busy bee.
A fascinating piece of educational history.
Things You May Not Know About The New McGuffey First Reader
- The McGuffey Readers sold an estimated 120 million copies.
- New words are listed at the foot of each lesson.
- How doth the little busy bee, Isaac Watts's poem, appears in the reader.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
