Excerpt from Reading-Literature: First Reader; Adapted and Graded For years the most progressive educators have been urging that only good literature should be used in school readers. Some authors of primers and first readers have thought it impossible to provide such material Within the vocabulary that beginners can learn With ease. Others have used a little real literature with a large amount of unrelated and uninteresting material specially prepared for the sake of word repetition and phonic drill. Experience proves that all children are interested in and enjoy the simple folk tales, Which are the literary products of many minds, and Which have survived the centuries because they represent universal human experiences and satisfy certain common needs of childhood. Through count less repetitions, from one generation to another, they have assumed a form marked by simplicity and literary charm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.