Sample pages from Dick and Jane readers

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two-page spread, early Dick and Jane readerEarly Dick and Jane. Two-page spread from an early Dick and Jane reader.

Jane gets three dolls for her birthdayDick and Jane in the 1950s. Jane receives not one, not two, but three dolls for her birthday.

Ellen and Peter move next doorDick and Jane in the 1950s, continued. Ellen and Peter move into the new house next door.

Dick and Mike put on a puppet show Dick and Jane in the 1960s. Pam, Penny, and Mike move next door.

Dick and Jane in the 1960s, continued. Pam, Penny, Mike and their father.


More Dick and Jane in the 1960s. Dick's new puppy marks up Mother's clean floor.


Still more Dick and Jane in the 1960s. Susan sees a local celebrity on TV .


Dick and Jane pages created as a course supplement to the First-Core course at Valparaiso University. Permission to reproduce images pending. Thank you, Professors Ann Reiser and Jim Bond for the loan of Dick and Jane materials.