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The Pennsylvania Reader

The Pennsylvania Reader book cover
Preface Pennsylvania has long been a place of reading and learning learning William Penn who founded the colony in 1681 strongly believed in educating the young Early on Quaker schools were established for colonial boys and girls Many famous Pennsylvanians like Betsy Ross and Daniel Boone attended Quaker schools when they were young Another famous Pennsylvanian Benjamin Franklin added to this legacy of learning by founding the first free lending library For many years he also wrote and published a small booklet called Poor Richard’s Almanac All colonists loved Poor Richard’s Almanac because it was filled with riddles humor popular sayings drawings poems and useful information which made learning to read enjoyable and fun I hope you find The Pennsylvania Reader fun to read too This small book is patterned after early primers which taught children to read long ago It is filled with poems riddles drawings fictional letters and stories hidden pictures and even a play and history timeline too There iii