School Reading By Grades: Fifth Year

By Van Dyke and Henry

From the forge of "The Village Blacksmith" to the legendary halls of Camelot, reading becomes a journey through work, courage, invention and imagination. This educational anthology brings prose and poetry into purposeful conversation, using adapted selections to strengthen reading and pronunciation while cultivating literary appreciation. Domestic scenes and rural labour stand beside myth, religious teaching and encounters with the natural world, giving school readers a broad field in which to practise attentive reading and thoughtful judgement. History and human endeavour provide another compelling thread. Accounts of settlement, exploration and technological progress show perseverance expressed through practical action, while biography and patriotic writing invite reflection on liberty, duty and knowledge. The settings shift from farms, forests and rivers to ships, Arctic ice and a city threatened by volcanic eruption. Among the memorable selections, Ulysses confronts the Cyclops, while Fulton's first steamboat represents the persistence behind invention. Such contrasts keep the collection varied without losing its educational purpose. Legends, scientific accounts and poems ensure that instruction is never confined to a single mode of writing. "A Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "The Passing of King Arthur" sit alongside material on nature, history and technology, encouraging comparison between imaginative literature and factual narrative. The changing voices, forms and subjects make this both a reading instruction book and a wide-ranging introduction to moral judgement, art, science and the past. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378415296
• ISBN13: 9789378415296
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"