Little Rhymes for Little Readers
Wilhelmina Seegmiller, Ruth Mary Hallock, Jim Gravelyn
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(Travelyn Publishing, Nov. 3, 2018)
Wilhelmina Seegmiller, 1866-1913, was an early-20th century writer of primary readers, drawing books, and poetry for young readers. The âRhymes for Little Readersâ two-book series started with this book, âLittle Rhymes for Little Readers,â originally published in 1903, and concluded with âOther Rhymes for Little Readers,â originally published in 1911 (also ePublished by Travelyn Publishing). Both are designed to introduce youngsters to the wonders and delights of poetry without intimidating them. Each poem (there are sixty of them in each book) is short, written from a childâs perspective, deals with matters that kids generally find interesting, and rhymes (always important when writing for children... just ask Dr. Seuss). Ms. Seegmiller included an afterword in âLittle Rhymes for Little Readersâ instructing teachers how to use these two books in the classroom.Add to the aforementioned attributes dozens of drawings in each bookâat least one per poemâby professional illustrator Ruth Mary Hallock and you have a powerful lure for the young mind. What better gift for a child or grandchild could you possibly find, than a lifelong love of poetry?Preparing old books for digital publication is a labor of love at Travelyn Publishing. We hold our digital versions of public domain books up against any others with no fear of the comparison. Our conversion work is meticulous, utilizing a process designed to eliminate errors, maximize reader enjoyment, and recreate as much as possible the atmosphere of the original book even as we are adding the navigation and formatting necessary for a good digital book. While remaining faithful to a writerâs original words, and the spellings and usages of his era, we are not above correcting obvious mistakes. If the printer became distracted after placing an âaâ at the end of a line and then placed another âaâ at the beginning of the next line (they used to do this stuff by hand you know!), what sort of mindless robots would allow that careless error to be preserved for all eternity in the digital version, too? Not us. Thatâs why we have the audacity to claim that our re-publications are often better than the originals.