1936. Hardcover. First Edition, First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry reader educational series. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Second page has a tear. The first and last blank pages have some marks. Not from a school or library.
Miss O`Donnell, educator, was the author of two sets of elementary school textbooks, the Alice and Jerry series and the Janet and John series. Both were widely used in the United States and other English-speaking nations.
For many years, Miss O`Donnell, served as a teacher, primary grade supervisor and curriculum coordinator for Aurora's East Side elementary schools.
In 1946 she resigned her post as primary supervisor to become an editor for Row, Peterson & Co., an Evanston-based textbook publishing firm.
My first reading primer. After moving to Florida to live grandparents, after a short stint in a Jesuit run orphanage in Detroit, in 1st grade. 1959 age 6, learning to read out loud. Scary for an introvert.