It is not enough to simply teach
children to read;
we have to give them
something worth reading.
Katherine Paterson
Excellence in Literature: Reading and
Writing through the Classics
Have you always wanted to read the
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1857 McGuffey Readers with Charlotte Mason Instructions
This six-book series offers:
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from McGuffey’s expanded 1857 edition, the last edition with which McGuffey was personally involved
and the first edition with more extensive teacher
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