Old Text Books - Part Three

Throughout the grades we used the Whitcombe Readers which sadly are no longer available.

I still remember some of the stories in them, especially the story of the "Twelve Dancing Princesses".

This story was, in fact, published by the Brothers Grimm, and there is another version of it here.

We also used the Victorian State Education Department's other publications for extra reading material.

These were generally known as "The John and Betty" readers.They are archived in the National Library. I still have one of these books - "Playmates".

It goes without saying that language is dynamic!

The first edition of "Playmates", the one I have, is dated 1952.