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Sunbonnet Babies Primer Title Page
This is the title page from The Sunbonnet Babies' Primer, which was published in 1902 by Rand McNally and Company.
Sunbonnet Babies ABC Book
The Sunbonnet Babies' books were all created to be instructive and used in the classroom. In the back of each book was a word list to assist the teachers in picking out key words and phrases.
'D' page from the Sunbonnet Babies ABC Book
In this example from Sunbonnet Babies ABC Book, you see an example of the educational text and illustration Miss Grover developed to be used as a teaching aid
Also note that in the photograph above of Miss Grover, she is reading the very page…
Also note that in the photograph above of Miss Grover, she is reading the very page…
The Overall Boys Book Cover
This is the book cover of the The Overall Boys, which was published in 1905. The Overall Boys was written after Miss Grover received many requests from boys and their mothers to include boy characters in her Sunbonnet Babies' primers.
The Overall Boys page 7
In this page from The Overall Boys, Jack, Joe, Tim and Ted are introduced to young readers. Though drawn by the same artist, Bertha L. Corbett, unlike their little girl counterparts, their faces are shown.
