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| | *the [[Gospel of Mark]] (with merely a few omissions/changes for children), starting with the simple [[Mark Chapter 1]] | | *the [[Gospel of Mark]] (with merely a few omissions/changes for children), starting with the simple [[Mark Chapter 1]] |
| | *''[[A Child's Garden of Verses]]'', by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (Dover, Children's Thrift Classics, "In Easy-to-Read Type," 1992) - a collection of 64 charming poems with many [[phonics|phonetic]] rhymes | | *''[[A Child's Garden of Verses]]'', by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (Dover, Children's Thrift Classics, "In Easy-to-Read Type," 1992) - a collection of 64 charming poems with many [[phonics|phonetic]] rhymes |
| | + | *[[Great poems]],<ref>See also [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems Poetry Foundation].</ref> which reinforce [[phonics]] with their rhymes, including: |
| | + | :*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45952/a-poison-tree ''A Poison Tree'', by [[William Blake]]] |
| | + | :*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43914/the-walrus-and-the-carpenter-56d222cbc80a9The ''Walrus and the Carpenter'', by [[Lewis Carroll]]] |
| | *''Old Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes'' ("A Little Golden Book," published in 1948 and again in 1988 by Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin 53404) | | *''Old Mother Goose and Other Nursery Rhymes'' ("A Little Golden Book," published in 1948 and again in 1988 by Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin 53404) |
| | *''Bible Stories for Children'', retold by Geoffrey Horn and Arthur Cavanaugh, Illustrated by Arvis Steward (Macmillan Publishing Co. NY 1980) (easy-to-read print with artwork, but flaws in using this book for children include (i) its inclusion of the gruesome [[John the Baptist]] death, (ii) its exaggerated use of elderly images in its artwork, and (iii) its dilution of [[Bible|biblical]] facts, such as [[Jesus]] sweating blood during the [[Passion]] and [[demon]]s actually cast out of victims). | | *''Bible Stories for Children'', retold by Geoffrey Horn and Arthur Cavanaugh, Illustrated by Arvis Steward (Macmillan Publishing Co. NY 1980) (easy-to-read print with artwork, but flaws in using this book for children include (i) its inclusion of the gruesome [[John the Baptist]] death, (ii) its exaggerated use of elderly images in its artwork, and (iii) its dilution of [[Bible|biblical]] facts, such as [[Jesus]] sweating blood during the [[Passion]] and [[demon]]s actually cast out of victims). |
| | *''[https://www.techradar.com/news/the-history-of-minecraft The History of Minecraft]'' - if the reader has an interest in that popular program. This interesting article uses years, numbers, capitalization, possessive form, and other elements of style not learned from reading the [[Bible]]; this article is also good practice for the "ti" sound. | | *''[https://www.techradar.com/news/the-history-of-minecraft The History of Minecraft]'' - if the reader has an interest in that popular program. This interesting article uses years, numbers, capitalization, possessive form, and other elements of style not learned from reading the [[Bible]]; this article is also good practice for the "ti" sound. |
| | :*Also good for Minecraft players is to read [https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft 5 open source alternatives to Minecraft] | | :*Also good for Minecraft players is to read [https://opensource.com/alternatives/minecraft 5 open source alternatives to Minecraft] |
| − | *[[Great poems]],<ref>See also [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems Poetry Foundation].</ref> including:
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| − | :*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45952/a-poison-tree ''A Poison Tree'', by [[William Blake]]]
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| − | :*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43914/the-walrus-and-the-carpenter-56d222cbc80a9The ''Walrus and the Carpenter'', by [[Lewis Carroll]]]
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| | *excerpts from [[Shakespeare]] plays, such as ''[[Friends, Romans, Countrymen]]'' from ''[[Julius Caesar (Play)|Julius Caesar]]'' | | *excerpts from [[Shakespeare]] plays, such as ''[[Friends, Romans, Countrymen]]'' from ''[[Julius Caesar (Play)|Julius Caesar]]'' |
| | *''[[Aesop's Fables]]''<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19994/pg19994-images.html</ref> | | *''[[Aesop's Fables]]''<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19994/pg19994-images.html</ref> |