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Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream

by Carole Kismaric

Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream Cover

ISBN13: 9780006492467
ISBN10: 0006492460
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Growing Up with Dick and Jane reunites us with two old friends, Dick and Jane, who, for forty years, taught so many of us to read. Here's the all American brother and sister team. Look! It's Dick, in his striped polo shirts and shorts, always ready for an adventure. Look! Look! It's Jane, in her pretty dresses, eager to have fun and learn about life. There's silly, mischievous Baby Sally, and Spot, America's favorite spaniel. Growing Up with Dick and Jane brings to life the cast of characters who are emblems of the American Dream. And side by side with the story of Dick and Jane is an entertaining and informative text that tracks important historical, social and educational events of the "Dick and Jane era."

Here's your chance to step back into the innocent watercolor world of Dick and Jane, where night never comes, knees never scrape, parents never yell and the fun never stops. Remember holding a Dick and Jane primer for the first time and the thrill you felt when you knew you could read? Growing Up with Dick and Jane traces the Dick and Jane phenomenon from their birth during the Depression to their retirement in the stormy 1960s. It explores the influence these little books had on education and the evolving American Dream. Packaged with a sampler of original Dick and Jane stories and cutout dolls of Dick and Jane, Growing Up with Dick and Jane stirs memories of home, school and what it was like to grow up when childhood felt like one long summer day.

Carole Kismaric and Marvin Heiferman produce innovative visual books and museum exhibitions. Lookout, their company, has created: Talking Pictures (Chronicle), a book and popular multimedia exhibition; Loyalty and Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (CollinsSanFrancisco); the bestselling Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood (Hyperion) with William Wegman; and the cult classics Mr. Salesman (Twin Palms) with Diane Keaton and I'm So Happy (Vintage).

Bob Keeshan, known to generations as Captain Kangaroo, is one of the most beloved performers and influential innovators of children's television. The first Clarabell on The Howdy Doody Show, Keeshan went on to create Captain Kangaroo, the longest-running network children's series. An advocate of children's causes, Keeshan's unique blend of education and entertainment has influenced his followers, on screen and off.

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Growing Up with Dick and Jane reunites us with two old friends, Dick and Jane, who, for forty years, taught so many of us to read. Here's the all-American brother and sister team. Look! It's Dick, in his striped polo shirts and shorts, always ready for an adventure. Look! Look! It's Jane, in her pretty dresses, eager to have fun and learn about life. There's silly, mischievous Baby Sally, and Spot, America's favorite spaniel. Growing Up with Dick and Jane brings to life the cast of characters who are emblems of the American Dream. And side by side with the story of Dick and Jane is an entertaining and informative text that tracks important historical, social and educational events of the "Dick and Jane era". Here's your chance to step back into the innocent watercolor world of Dick and Jane, where night never comes, knees never scrape, parents never yell and the fun never stops. Remember holding a Dick and Jane primer for the first time and the thrill you felt when you knew you could read? Growing Up with Dick and Jane traces the Dick and Jane phenomenon from their birth during the Depression to their retirement in the stormy 1960s. It explores the influence these little books had on education and the evolving American Dream. Packaged with a sampler of original Dick and Jane stories and cutout dolls of Dick and Jane, Growing Up with Dick and Jane stirs memories of home, school and what it was like to grow up when childhood felt like one long summer day.

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Jennifer Short, June 15, 2008 (view all comments by Jennifer Short)
Millions of people were "friends" with Dick and Jane when they learned to read. This book takes a look at how Dick and Jane "grew up" from their early days until the books were no longer produced. The country changed dramatically in those years, as did Dick and Jane. Mother began driving in later years. In the earlier years Dick and Jane were perfect obediant children, but in the later versions they were like every other child -- with a mischevious streak. This book is as much about how the country and childhood changed as it is Dick and Jane, and will be greatly enjoyed by anyone who remembers Sally and Puff.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780006492467
Subtitle:
Learning and Living the American Dream
With:
Heiferman, Marvin
With:
Heiferman, Marvin
Author:
Kismaric, Carole
With:
Heiferman, Marvin
Publisher:
Harper Paperbacks
Location:
San Francisco :
Subject:
General
Subject:
History
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Children
Subject:
Books
Subject:
Readers
Subject:
Reading
Subject:
Education, primary
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Conduct of life
Subject:
Textbooks
Subject:
Readers (Primary)
Subject:
United States Civilization 20th century.
Subject:
Textbooks -- United States -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Subject:
General Humor
Subject:
Readers (Primary) -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Children -- Conduct of life.
Series Volume:
no. 13
Publication Date:
September 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
11.06x8.70x.50 in. 1.25 lbs.

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