Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lippincott's Silent Reading for Beginners This book has been prepared to meet the demand for a Silent Reader which can be placed in the hands of little children. While material for such a book should develop the several abilities requisite for the study of books, the material supplied must necessarily be adapted to the age level of the child. The lessons used here are not all informational in char acter although each lesson is planned so that the central thought is of worth. Simple narratives are introduced to provide a basis for development of comprehension of material read for pleasure. They also provide an interesting means for the inculcation of civic consciousness and the child's relation to civic needs. Lessons in thrift, fire prevention, first aid, civics, health, etc., are given orally in all schools then the child is sent to his seat to read material far removed from such every day duties. In this book he will find those ideas presented for thought and emphasis, while a means is provided for a check ing-up of his ability to comprehend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.