The Riverside Readers: First Reader

This early works is an absorbing collection of literature which is beautifully illustrated throughout. Story Groups include; Tales of Long Ago, Under the Apple Tree, The Little Red Hen, A Dozen Toilers, The Gingerbread Boy, The Cat that Waited, and, Red, Blue, and Gold. Within the story groups are selections from Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina G. Rossetti, Alfred Tennyson, James Whitcomb Riley, Frank Dempster Sherman, Abbi Farwell Brown, and Augusta Stevenson. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.