Ivor Armstrong Richards

I. A. Richards

Edward William Dolch

Professor Richards' definition of rhetoric is based on a practical question: how do words work in discourse? To answer this question, he examines the interaction of words with each other and with their contexts, showing how a continual synthesis of meaning, or "principle of metaphor", gives life to discussion. (Philosophy)

The Philosophy of Rhetoric

Marguerite Pierce Dolch

First Reading Books: Once there was a cat

Beulah F. Jackson

Hans Christian Andersen

A little fir tree grows, is cut down and carried to the city, decorated for Christmas, but always wishes for what it doesn't have. A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's Grantræet in English.

The Fir Tree

Folk stories about cats--some about Siamese cats, some about cats with other animals, and some explaining how cats came to be as we know them.

Once There was a Cat

Stories of the Indian people, of the way they feel and think.

Navaho Stories in Basic Vocabulary

Burdette Ross Buckingham

A Combined Word List

True Elephant Stories

Short tales about dogs from the folklore of Poland, Africa, Korea, Yucatan, China, and the American Indian.

Edward William Dolch

Books

Your next favorite book is out there