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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Geographical Readers for Elementary School/Google Books, Internet Archives & Project Gutenberg

Marta in Holland

Rafael in Italy

Boris in Russia

Fritz in Germany


Colette in France


Josefa in Spain

Umé San in Japan

Manuel in Mexico

Hassan in Egypt

Betty in Canada

Donald in Scotland


Kathleen in Ireland

Gerda in Sweden
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Rosetta Project groups vintage illustrated children's books by reading level, easy to read format, and has an audio reader. Not in public domain per their format. Read only, books downloadable for small fee.

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