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Dick And Jane Reading Collection
Comprehensive collection of Dick & Jane classics. Twelve of the most popular and endearing titles. Complete series in an illustrated, standup case.
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Hardcover
First published January 1, 2004
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February 24, 2019
I learned to read with Dick and Jane books so it was fun to reread them as an adult. They bring back pleasant memories, plus the artwork is enchanting.
August 12, 2019
its a good book
December 5, 2019
I love these; these were the first books my little girl read out loud.
December 30, 2016
I am not a phonetic reader. I have trouble reading, especially in the fantasy genre where words that sound the same but do not appear like the words they are. It has always been so. I began reading using the Dick And Jane sight-readers: learning to read by rote memory and acquiring phonetics slowly.
So when I became a father a couple of years ago, my old Dick And Jane reader was on my mind. A few months ago I bought this set of 12 hardcover Dick And Jane readers because my daughter is almost 3 years old and I want to encourage her to read.
These are not the readers you remember reading in the early 1970s. All but the illustrations are modernized. When I want a can of Coke, I take it for granted I don’t want Pepsi or New Coke. When I am seeking a CD of the greatest hits of an artist, it can be presumed I do not want re-recordings of those hits. However, this is what you get with these readers. The illustrations juxtapose a strange anachronism: Jane in bobby socks and poodle skirt playing catch with dad rather than the male bonding so prevalent even in the muscle magazines of the times. There is the story of Dick helping Mother, and of Jane improperly setting the table. The old reader I knew could start a conversation with my daughter because I have seen many changes in my time that an old reader could emphasize. The old reader could bridge a 50-year generation gap of change that, I think, is important for a young woman to appreciate. This set of twelve 32-page hardcover readers can do no such thing.
I am also upset with this revision of American history that seems to be occurring. How can anyone gauge how far he or she has come, and how further he or she has to go, without knowing from where he or she started? Must we suffer under the façade of perfection? Can we not learn without learning being a dirty word?
And I caught sloppy tense mistakes on two occasions. When you have sentences like “Come Jane, come. Come see. Come, come, came” the mistake is egregious. It defeats the purpose of sight-reading if I read “come” for “came” to my daughter’s ear every time it comes up. This is really disappointing as an early reader.
The only purpose to publish this set, it would seem, was for those who wish to share an irreverent joke towards them. For that purpose, a short skit would better serve than an expensive feature film. There ought to be a label like in those old Oldsmobile commercials on Youtube – this isn’t your grandfather’s Oldsmobile.
Well, this isn’t so much “Fun With Dick and Jane” as it is Fun At Dick and Jane.
So when I became a father a couple of years ago, my old Dick And Jane reader was on my mind. A few months ago I bought this set of 12 hardcover Dick And Jane readers because my daughter is almost 3 years old and I want to encourage her to read.
These are not the readers you remember reading in the early 1970s. All but the illustrations are modernized. When I want a can of Coke, I take it for granted I don’t want Pepsi or New Coke. When I am seeking a CD of the greatest hits of an artist, it can be presumed I do not want re-recordings of those hits. However, this is what you get with these readers. The illustrations juxtapose a strange anachronism: Jane in bobby socks and poodle skirt playing catch with dad rather than the male bonding so prevalent even in the muscle magazines of the times. There is the story of Dick helping Mother, and of Jane improperly setting the table. The old reader I knew could start a conversation with my daughter because I have seen many changes in my time that an old reader could emphasize. The old reader could bridge a 50-year generation gap of change that, I think, is important for a young woman to appreciate. This set of twelve 32-page hardcover readers can do no such thing.
I am also upset with this revision of American history that seems to be occurring. How can anyone gauge how far he or she has come, and how further he or she has to go, without knowing from where he or she started? Must we suffer under the façade of perfection? Can we not learn without learning being a dirty word?
And I caught sloppy tense mistakes on two occasions. When you have sentences like “Come Jane, come. Come see. Come, come, came” the mistake is egregious. It defeats the purpose of sight-reading if I read “come” for “came” to my daughter’s ear every time it comes up. This is really disappointing as an early reader.
The only purpose to publish this set, it would seem, was for those who wish to share an irreverent joke towards them. For that purpose, a short skit would better serve than an expensive feature film. There ought to be a label like in those old Oldsmobile commercials on Youtube – this isn’t your grandfather’s Oldsmobile.
Well, this isn’t so much “Fun With Dick and Jane” as it is Fun At Dick and Jane.
September 23, 2010
probably the 1st books i read. i have four of them in front of me...we work and play (the 1956 edition, two copies, one w/o its cover), we come and go, and a we look and see, again w/o a cover.
someone, perhaps me, but maybe a sister, high-lighted the first word, work...well, not high-lighted...a circle in purple crayon, looks a bit like a mouse w/a tail, arrow above the area of the eye and for some reason, the letter "E" has been awarded to this work.
HA HA HA HA HA!
i like the index of this one...yes, an index, called "stories"..."the big red boat" on page 51, "something blue" on p39...and the funnies at the back, like the local newspaper for most of its life,"something funny" on p59.
i think these books laid the foundation of mistrust that followed me around school. though only five and having to read these out loud, mrs. connolly, who called me by my old man's name and made me sit by the door, i felt like an idiot mouthing the words within...
"work dick.
work, work."
"see, see."
see dick work."
"oh dick.
see, see.
oh, oh, oh."
next story. see sally work!
someone, perhaps me, but maybe a sister, high-lighted the first word, work...well, not high-lighted...a circle in purple crayon, looks a bit like a mouse w/a tail, arrow above the area of the eye and for some reason, the letter "E" has been awarded to this work.
HA HA HA HA HA!
i like the index of this one...yes, an index, called "stories"..."the big red boat" on page 51, "something blue" on p39...and the funnies at the back, like the local newspaper for most of its life,"something funny" on p59.
i think these books laid the foundation of mistrust that followed me around school. though only five and having to read these out loud, mrs. connolly, who called me by my old man's name and made me sit by the door, i felt like an idiot mouthing the words within...
"work dick.
work, work."
"see, see."
see dick work."
"oh dick.
see, see.
oh, oh, oh."
next story. see sally work!
June 4, 2012
My son did not want to read at all until we pulled out these books. Because they were so easy, they helped to build his confidence and made him want to read. Even a year later, he will still pull these off the shelf to read on his own.
July 30, 2007
these books likely did more to turn kids off reading than to help them read
January 11, 2008
Riveting, absolutely mezmerizing. Still don't know where Spot was going
June 27, 2008
The teacher in me had to post this book because they are absolutely perfect first readers for you parents to remember. Starting from Kindergarten, your kids should be able to read these.
August 21, 2014
I forget the textual contradictions, but the mimesis device of an omniscient author is coupled with a radically-savaged diction. Hey, I grew up on this stuff...
December 25, 2008
this book is awesome.
I learned so much about Dick and Jane
running and all.
can't wait for the next volumes - See Dick and Jane's Stock Portfolio Vanish
I learned so much about Dick and Jane
running and all.
can't wait for the next volumes - See Dick and Jane's Stock Portfolio Vanish
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December 17, 2009It is a tough read
March 22, 2010
Who doesn't remember the first books they ever read. :)
August 16, 2012
THANK YOU DICK & JANE FOR TEACHING ME TO READ. opened up a lifetime of learning, adventure,....hope my grandchildren will as well
February 2, 2013
Perfect books to start kids learning to read prior to starting school. They are easy readers and each book has fun pictures.
January 24, 2018
Working hard to get through. Don't tell me the ending PLEASE!!!
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