45: Our New Friends, 1946, by William S. Gray (1885–1960) and May Hill
(1884–1969), illus. by Keith Ward (1906–2000)*
These readers starring Dick and Jane
Were simple stories—very plain.
There was, I know, a lot of fluff:
A dog named Spot; a cat named Puff.
Well, Our New Friends was for
Grade One—
And I, a very lucky son,
Was reading it at Adams School—
And thought that I was awesome—cool!—
For I could navigate a book!
And read the words! Just listen! Look!
Oh, not much challenge to the tales—
Quotidian—uncluttered trails.
But reading them, I was so proud—
As proud as it could be allowed
Way back in 1951
When books, I saw, were so much fun.
*I still have my boyhood copy of the book—see pic!
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