Adventures in Reading-Treasures co-edited by Dorothy Nell Knolle and Dora E. Palmer
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content: 1948
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content: 1947
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content: John C. Winston Co.
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content: <i>Adventures in Reading: Treasures</i> is a post-World War II literary anthology for young readers that stresses vocabulary and comprehension, as well as interpretation. It contains short stories, poems, and essays by great Western authors such as Pearl Buck about immigrants after the rescinding of Chinese Exclusion Act, as well as by Robert Browning, Mark Twain, and William Saroyan. There is also a Memorial Address dedicated to the battle of Iwo Jima and a story by Nevil Shute about a World War II bomber crew.
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content: Each entry contains a short summary and analysis. There are several color illustrations. The green front cover has an illustration of a pirate and a treasure chest, probably denoting “Kidnapped” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Reading program suggestions for the teacher are at the back of the book.
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content: Editor Dorothy Nell Knolle was a reading specialist and teacher in the El Paso Public School System. She edited a series of literary anthologies for young readers: <i> Adventures in Reading: Treasures</i> i (1947); <i>Adventures in Reading: Discovery </i>(1950); and <i>Adventures in Reading: Exploration </i> (1951). Dora E. Palmer was an English teacher at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts. She co-edited the successful Adventures in Reading series, which featured collections of poems, short stories, and excerpts from well-known classics.
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content: Commercial illustrator Robert Doremus graduated from Pratt Institute in 1936. His work has appeared in hundreds of publications, as well as children’s textbooks, young adult books, and educational materials. In addition to the <i>Adventures in Reading Series</i>, his credits include the <i>Childhood of Famous Americans Series</i>.
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content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2017.3049.10
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content: 2017.3049
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content: 2017.3049.10
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content: book
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content: instructional materials
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content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm x 3.175 cm