McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition

William Holmes McGuffey

ISBN 10: 0471288896 / ISBN 13: 9780471288893

Published by American Book Company November 1997, 1997

About this Item

Slight shelf wear on the cover. Name of previous owner inside cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
• Publisher: American Book Company November 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471288896
• ISBN 13: 9780471288893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classic

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Synopsis

Since 1836, children have been delighted by these volumes filled with exotic adventures, exciting tales, beautiful poems, and funny fables. The First Eclectic Reader includes stories, word lists, and phonics charts.

About the Author

William McGuffey (1800-1873), American educator, author, and Presbyterian minister is best known for creating the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used textbooks in the U.S. William McGuffey, who had a lifelong interest in teaching children, compiled the first four readers beginning in 1836, while his brother Alexander created the fifth and sixth readers in the 1840s. In 1879, the readers were revised to better portray America as a melting pot of moralities and middle-class values. The McGuffey Readers have been popular for more than 150 years, have sold more than 120 million copies since 1836, and are still in use today.