In City and Country

This charming book was released in 1935 as part of the “Unit-Activity Reading Series.” Written and edited primarily by Nila Banton Smith, a renown educator in her time, “In City and Country” features selections from a variety of period authors.

The book contains a series of short stories, each grouped by a master subject: Automotive, School, Stories about the Postman, Policeman and Fireman, Animals, Field Stories, Garden Stories, and Bird Stories. The language level is for beginning readers, and the wonderful illustrations by Margarett C. and Florence J. Hoopes are so period perfect, you’ll marvel just at them.

This is the perfect book for anyone with a beginning reader who seeks to introduce their child to classic childhood themes without the baggage of modern scholastic prose.

It is for that reason that we have reproduced this series, to ensure its ongoing availability to future generations of new readers.