The New Our New Friends (New Basic Readers Curriculum Foundation Series)

Another of the foundational "Dick & Jane" readers, beloved by those who grew up with them, now long out of use in the curriculum, but providing insights into reading instruction & the socialization of middle American children in the mid-20th-century America. Orig. published in the 1940s, this "new" version of this title introduced some new friends, though the characters were still all white, middle class, from nuclear families, fulfilling traditional gender roles. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1951, in 192 pages, illustrated throughout, this hardcover has orange cloth-covered boards colorfully decorated on the front cover in red, brown, & white. Condition is VG: exceptionally clean & bright inside, with light soil & darkening to outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages white & unmarked. Modest rubbing to extremities, heaviest at both ends of spine & all corners. Looks like a partially erased set of initials to front cover just to the right of the red title box. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…