Fun with Dick and Jane by William S. Gray

In the mid-1940s, new readers for Grades Four, Five and Six were issued by Scott, Foresman & Company, but the titles were not adopted in British Columbia schools. Fun with Dick and Jane by Gray, Williams. Fun with Dick and Jane Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. For the 1977 film, see Fun with Dick and Jane (1977 film). An illustration of a persons head and chest. The Think andĭo workbooks were also introduced at this time. Dick and Jane are the two main characters created by Zerna Sharp for a series of basal readers written by William S. Streets and Roads were issued for Grade Three. Friends and Neighbours and More Friends and Neighbours The new series included Fun with Dick & Jane and Our New Friends, Was published using text and artwork from the We Look and See Scott, Foresman & Company began a new series of readers which included pre-primers We Look and See, We Work and PlayĪnd We Come and Go. In 1940, the artwork was updated and the text was revised in the Dick & Jane readers. Intended as a teaching aid, Our Big Book measuredģ0' x 22' and was designed for placement on an easel at the head of Titled 'Dick and Jane: Illustrations of an American Education,' this is billed as the first public showing of original artwork and page proofs from the first schoolbooks of an estimated 85.

With the assistance of Zena Sharp, a reading consultant for Chicago publishers Scott, Foreman & Company they created a series that came to be known as the Elson-Gray Readers.ĭick and Jane also featured in the oversized Our Big Book which contained the text and artwork of the first Dick & Jane Elson had been writing school readers since 1909 and Gray was one of the the leading reading acquisition theorists of the period. 1930 - 1950ĭick and Jane emerged from a series of school readers created in 1930 by William H.

Fun with Dick and Jane by William S. Gray