WE COME AND GO basic reader

by William S. Gray

This is the old style Pre-Primer number 3 of 3. The photo I am attaching is my book that is missing the cover. I will replace this photo when I find another book. This little book has 17 stories in it.

This book shows a copyright of 1951, under which is written,
Previous copyright, 1946, 1940, by Scott, Foresman and Company.

Earlier Pre-Primers of this Basic Reading Program were published by Scott, Foresman and Company in 1921, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1936.

Genres: Childrens

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1946

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this and another volume, 'We Look and See", at Heirloom Books, a used bookstore located at 6239 N. Clark Street in Chicago. Founder Chelsea Rectanus, a graduate of Northwestern University, tells me that creating such a business has long been a dream of hers, something she's saved for since college, her stock being initially based on books she's collected over the years. Among these books are some oddities such as these two reading primers, both of which were employed to teach the thirty-plus children in my first grade class at Oak Ridge Elementary School in the Meadowdale community near Carpentersville, Illinois.

A word about Oak Ridge: The principal of this tiny, one-classroom-per-grade, school, a Ms. Loose, used to ask to visit every child's family on a yearly basis. Her hands-on civility led to my mother's becoming involved in the P.T.A. there, actually heading it for a while to my recollection. The generous spirit of the principal was, in my opinion, reflected throughout the school community, everyone there being like an extended family. I loved all of my teachers. I even remember the janitor--there was only one--and his own child, a fellow student. Oak Ridge was public elementary education at its best!

[Velvetink · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've added an example of one of the original covers for this series (click under the image box for additional photo)

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such cute books, I have even used this to help older children who could not read, they loved the pictures.