Instructional Book: Teach Me to Read Phonics Primer, Unused, Doubleday & Co., Vintage 1959

A 1950s phonics primer for teaching a child to read at home, unused, unmarked, and very clean, with bold type and charming period illustrations. The bright cover makes it a natural for a vintage schoolroom shelf.

• Author: Mary K. Winters
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
• Copyright: 1959
• Format: Softcover, New Revised Edition
• Pages: 127
• Dimensions: 8.25" × 10.75"
• Reading Level: Ages 5–8
• Condition: Very Good; unused, unmarked, and very clean, including the white back cover. Structurally sound, with a vintage price sticker and a crease on the lower half of the front cover. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

A sequential phonetic layout where bold type meets period illustrations, made for a parent and child working through short daily lessons. Includes a foreword from the publisher and a Note to Parents from Mary K. Winters. 

For vintage schoolroom and teacher-gift shoppers, collectors of mid-century children's books, and designers, decorators, and prop stylists after nostalgic bookshelf color.

Teach Me to Read first appeared in 1948, and this New Revised Edition followed in 1959, well into the national argument over how children should be taught to read. It was published by Doubleday & Company of New York.

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