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Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting, ❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51721338847522,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/IMG_7480.jpg?v=1780668209"},{"product_id":"the-young-and-field-advanced-literary-reader-part-two-1916-school-book","title":"The Young and Field Advanced Literary Reader, Part Two, 1916 School Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e**Who wrote it**\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Young and Field Advanced Literary Reader, Part Two was compiled by Ella Flagg Young and Walter Taylor Field and published by Ginn and Company through the Atheneum Press in 1916. Ella Flagg Young was a pioneering educator who served as the first female superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**What it's about**\u003cbr\u003e\nAn advanced school reader designed to introduce students to classic literature, poetry, and essays, with selections drawn from a broad range of authors. It reads as both a classroom anthology and a window into what educated Americans were expected to know in 1916.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**Why I like it**\u003cbr\u003e\nThese old school readers are a real window into how much education has changed, and they still make wonderful reading for anyone who wants an accessible introduction to the classics. I find them endlessly interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**Condition**\u003cbr\u003e\nSage green cloth hardcover with decorative cover design; no dust jacket. Cover and spine show wear consistent with age and classroom use. Pages tanned. Binding intact. Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting,\u003cbr\u003e\n❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51725134856482,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/IMG_7524.jpg?v=1780675387"},{"product_id":"the-health-index-of-children-1910","title":"The Health Index of Children, Ernest Bryant Hoag, 1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: The Health Index of Children is an early child-health and hygiene manual by Ernest Bryant Hoag, M.D., published in San Francisco by the Whitaker \u0026amp; Ray-Wiggin Co. in 1910.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it's about: A Progressive-era guide to children's health and school hygiene, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Cream and green cloth hardcover; foxing to the endpapers, interior clean, binding firm. Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks so much for visiting, ❤️ Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761745068322,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/IMG_8094.jpg?v=1781394458"},{"product_id":"things-you-see-harris-clark-1965","title":"Things You See, 1965 School Primer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho wrote it: Things You See is an early reader by Albert J. Harris and Mae Knight Clark, part of The Macmillan Reading Program and published by The Macmillan Company in 1965. 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