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The series are also often referred to as Peter and Jane, the names of the main characters. Peter and Jane Book 1a Play with Us. Original 1964 front cover, illustrated by Harry Wingfield Peter and Jane Book 1a Play with Us, ISBN 1-84422-360-4. Current edition, with cover styling updated in 2004 and the more contemporary late 1970s underlying artwork
The Key Words Reading Scheme, taking his ideas, was first published in 1964, with Peter and Jane, and went on to sell over 80 million copies of the books in the series. [4] Peter and Jane were based on the real-life children (Jill Ashurst and Christopher Edwards) [5] of a neighbour of the books' illustrator Harry Wingfield.
A self-portrait watercolour by Harry Wingfield in his early 30s. John Henry "Harry" Wingfield (4 December 1910 – 5 March 2002) was an English illustrator, best known for his drawings that illustrated the Ladybird Books Key Words Reading Scheme (also known as Peter and Jane) in the 1960s through to the 1980s, which sold over 80 million copies worldwide.
Alice and Jerry was a basal reader educational series published and used in classrooms from the mid-1930s to the 1960s. The books sold nearly 100 million copies worldwide. This series competed at the time with the Dick and Jane educational seri
Fun With Dick and Jane. Dick and Jane are the two protagonists created by Zerna Sharp for a series of basal readers written by William S. Gray to teach children to read. The characters first appeared in the Elson-Gray Readers in 1930 and continued in a subsequent series of books through the final version in 1965. These readers were used in ...
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“Reading Jane: A Daughter's Memoir," by Susannah Kennedy (Sibylline Press) When her mother Jane, a healthy 75-year-old, shockingly decides to take her own life, Susannah Kennedy is left reeling ...
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