McGuffey's Eclectic Readers: Second Unabridged Audiobook on CD

Narrated By: Robin Field

By: William McGuffey

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Born in 1800, William Holmes McGuffey had a remarkable ability to memorize, and could commit to memory entire books of the Bible. In many one-teacher schools, students' ages varied and few, if any, textbooks existed. In 1835, McGuffey was asked by a publishing company to create a series of graded Readers consisting of stories, poems, essays, and speeches. This audiobook is based upon the revised version of the McGuffey reader. Emphasizing the importance of phonics for beginning readers, this audiobook of the second reader covers one- and two-syllable words. McGuffey's Second Reader is appropriate for 4th and 5th grades.

Unabridged audio CD; approximately 2.1 hours; 2 CDs; read by Robin Field.

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Format: Compact disc
Vendor: Mission Audio
ISBN: 1610451740

ISBN-13: 9781610451741
Availability: Usually ships in 24-48 hours.
Series: McGuffey's Readers

Publisher's Description

Born in 1800, William Holmes McGuffey had a remarkable ability to memorize, and could commit to mind entire books of the Bible. After becoming a teacher at the age of 14, classroom size was just one of several challenges faced by McGuffey.

In many one-teacher schools, students' ages varied from six to twenty-one, and few textbooks existed. In 1835, a publishing firm asked McGuffey to create a series of graded Readers for primary level students. The series consisted of stories, poems, essays and speeches and it is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.

Since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30,000 copies a year. No other textbook bearing a single person's name has come close to that mark. McGuffey's 2nd Reader is appropriate for a variety of ages/reading levels, but most closely approximate 2nd to 3rd grades.