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Stories of the Pilgrims (Classic Reprint)
Stories of the Pilgrims - Classic Reprint Author:Margaret Pumphrey THIS book grew out of a desire on the part of a class in a primary school to read for themselves the stories that were being told them of the Pilgrims, their life in England, their sojourn in Holland, and their experiences in America. The stories were mimeographed, simply illustrated, and used as reading lessons. It soon became evident that the ... more »children were living in these stories from day to day, feeling a personal interest in the different characters, and a personal acquaintance with them. An increased interest in reading and a consequent increase in ability to read well were the most immediate results of this work. A desire to know more of a story than these lessons gave, was another valuable result. For this desire on the part of the children to see a story in its natural setting, and to know what came before and what followed after, showed that they had reached the period which is a happy time for laying a strong foundation upon which to build later work; a time
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