Rollo's Experiments/Google Books

Rollo's Experiments

By Jacob Abbott, William Jay Baker, Sheldon & Company (New York, N.Y.)

Illustrated by Frederick M. Coffin

Contributor William Jay Baker, John Andrew, Sheldon & Company, Phillips, Sampson & Company

Published by Sheldon, 1862

180 pages

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About third - fourth grade level.

The New Century Third Reader/Google Books

The New Century Third Reader
By Henry S. Tibbits
Edition: revised
Published by Rand, McNally, 1899
238 pages

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Stories of Patriotism: A Patriotic Reader for the Intermediate Grades

Stories of patriotism: a patriotic reader for the intermediate grades

By Norma Helen Deming, Katharine Isabel Bemis

Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1918

190 pages

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Opera Stories from Wagner/Google Books

Opera Stories from Wagner: A Reader for Primary Grades

By Florence Akin

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1915

106 pages

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About a fourth - fifth grade reading level.

Art Studies for Schools/Goggle Books

Art Studies for Schools: Or, Hints on the Use of Reproductions of High Art in the Schoolroom
By Rydingsvärd, Anna Maria von Rydingsvärd
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1903
184 pages

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Teacher's helps, stories about art. Elementary school level.

Being a Boy/Google Books

Being a boy

By Charles Dudley Warner

Illustrated by James Wells Champney

Edition: 26

Published by Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896

186 pages

Popular literature for boys at the turn of the century. Excerpts of this book were published in fifth grade readers. This book is about a boy growing up on a farm in Massachusetts.

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Blend Phonics Reading Program

Reading Made Easy with Blend Phonics for First Grade (1980) by Hazel Loring( PDF).

This includes blend phonics supplements(scroll down at link).

Fifth Reader/Google Books

Fifth reader ...

By Charles Maurice Stebbins

Published by American Book company, 1913

480 pages

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A Practical System of Modern Geography/Google Books

Another interesting geography book, pre-Civil War. It's actually general enough to still be of use, and interesting for historical period study. The language suggests middle elementary school, easy to read and understand. Lovely illustrations throughout which could be used for projects and time lines. Comprehension questions included.


A practical system of modern geography, or A view of the present state of the world ...: Revised and illustrated by a new enlarged atlas
By Jesse Olney
Edition: 60
Published by Pratt, Woodford & co., 1849

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An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Map of the World/Google Books

Interesting for a period study.

An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Map of the World, on Mercator's Projection: Containing an Index to the Various Countries, Cities, Towns, Islands, &c., Represented on the Map

By Samuel Augustus Mitchell

Published by S.A. Mitchell, 1846

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Downloadable map can be found here .

Free Math Courses Online

Not free ebooks, but math can be a tricky subject to teach(and expensive), so I thought I'd link this here. The Education Portal has a nice list of colleges, universities and other learning centers offering free math courses online and software. Click here.

Pollard's Synthetic Second Reader

Mislabeled by Google Books as First reader.

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Pollard's synthetic first reader

By Rebecca Smith Pollard

Published by Western Pub. House, 1895

159 pages

Pollard's Synthetic First Reader

Pollard's synthetic first reader

By Rebecca Smith Pollard

Published by Western Pub. House, 1895

159 pages

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First Book for Little Folks(phonics)/Google Books

First book for little folks
By Rebecca Smith Pollard
Published by American Book Co., 1898
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A Primer of Calculus/Internet Archives

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The Step-by-Step Primer/Internet Archives

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Geography: or, A Description of the World/Google Books

Geography: or, A description of the world

By Daniel Adams

Edition: 5

Published by Lincoln & Edmands, 1820

335 pages

Dated, but still useful.

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The Historical Geography of the Holy Land/Google Books

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The historical geography of the Holy land: especially in relation to the history of Israel and of the early church
By George Adam Smith
Edition: 9
Published by A. C. Armstrong and son, 1897
713 pages

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Rollo's Vacation/Google Book

Rollo's vacation

By Jacob Abbott

Contributor Samuel Colman

Published by Samuel Colman, 1855

Original from the University of California

Digitized Nov 6, 2008

191 pages

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Fourth or fifth grade reader.

Review of Rollo series books.

The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

An early elementary nature/geography reader.

The stories Mother Nature told her children
By Jane Andrews
Published by Ginn & Company, 1888
161 pages

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