Dick and Jane Primers are Back!

As Harry T. Roman says in his memories of attending Abington Avenue School in Newark, New Jersey, "You remember Dick and Jane don’t you? About 80 million kids learned to read using those classic books, which enjoyed a publication run from 1930 to 1970. Ask anyone in their 50s and 60s if they can name everyone in the family….. and most can do it. There was Dick, Jane, and Sally….Mother and Father, Spot the dog, Puff the cat, and Tim….Sally’s teddy bear."

Now these popular books are available again in bookstores across the United States. According to an article in USA Today, "The first Dick and Jane reissues hit Wal-Mart shelves in November 2002 under a one-year exclusive agreement; they appeared in bookstores last fall." In the first fifteen months, more than 2.5 million copies were sold.

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