Adventure Lands - A Beka Book Reading Program.

Readtext Series Treasury of Literature #4

by Leland B. Jacobs

This is ABEKA A BEKA 6 Adventure Lands; A Beka Book Reading Program. The date on this is 1966. It has some cover wear, but is still a nice little piece of history. The pages are surprisely clean & in good condition. This sells at a nationwide book dealer link for $36 and up. I'm offering it much lower here. Great historic reader with wonderful poems, songs and stories. 432 pages. Heavy book! :)

431 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1954

About the author

1907-

Leland Blair Jacobs was an American professor emeritus of education who was known particularly for his work in the teaching of literature. He taught elementary, junior high and high school in rural Michigan, and was an elementary school principal. He also taught at OSU in Columbus, Ohio and trained numerous future teachers of literature in Leonia, New Jersey before he was hired by Teachers College, Columbia University in 1952, from which he retired with the rank of Professor Emeritus. During 22 years on the faculty, Dr. Jacobs developed literature as a major part of early education. He encouraged pupils to read literature for their own development.