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Dick and Jane phenomenon
Baby Sally - See Spot Run!
Think-and-Do Book leads the way
We Look and See
We Come and Go
We Work and Play

Until Dr. Seuss's smash-hit breakaway...

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6/13/2019

"DR. SEUSS BRAGGED ABOUT HELPING TO KILL OFF DICK AND JANE.
"William Spaulding—who headed the educational division at Houghton Mifflin publishing—challenged Theodore Seuss Geisel to write "a story that first-graders can't put down." Geisel responded with The Cat in the Hat—his first smash-hit. Children's literature hasn't looked back since. "I have great pride in taking Dick and Jane out of most school libraries," he subsequently said. "That is my greatest satisfaction." --mentalfloss.com

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Dick and Jane phenomenon Baby Sally - See Spot Run! Think-and-Do Book leads the way We Look and See We Come and Go We Work and Play Until Dr. Seuss's smash-hit breakaway...

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Jan Allison

Date: 8/25/2019 2:26:00 PM

We had Janet and John books here which is a similar idea, Dr Seuss wasn't something I ever remember at school but as im pre historic (joke) we had slates and chalk or was it quills and ink lol:-) Hugs Jan xx

Mark Toney
Date: 8/25/2019 2:46:00 PM

Lol... Great comment, Jan! ~Mark

Panagiota Romios

Date: 6/21/2019 10:33:00 AM

Hello, Mark. I loved Dick and Jane..and God knows what kids read. Some of it very PC driven. As John said..they can make fun of Dick and Jane all they want. My generation... Most of us are college grads. Seuss was a clever book. But why do we have to make life full of strange animals and robots in order to read. Panagiota. Teachers are not entertainers or jesters,

Mark Toney
Date: 6/21/2019 10:49:00 AM

You brought up some interesting points, Panagiota! ~Mark

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/18/2019 10:23:00 PM

Yup. Seuss sure smashed Dick and Jane to smitherines. Wouldn't it be funny if we found out that the author of Dick and Jane and Seuss were one and the same person?! :) gw

Mark Toney
Date: 6/19/2019 7:25:00 PM

Lol... Very interesting comment, Gershon! ~Mark

John Lawless

Date: 6/14/2019 8:50:00 AM

YEAH!!! But we all learned to READ.....

Mark Toney
Date: 6/14/2019 8:52:00 AM

Lol... That we did, John! ~Mark

Fun With Dick and Jane

Dick and Jane phenomenon Baby Sally - See Spot Run! Think-and-Do Book leads the way We Look and See We Come and Go We Work and Play

Until Dr. Seuss's smash-hit breakaway...

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Dick and Jane phenomenon
Baby Sally - See Spot Run!
Think-and-Do Book leads the way
We Look and See
We Come and Go
We Work and Play