Preface New Jersey has always placed great importance on education and learning The earliest schools were started by the Dutch and Swedish colonists with records dating back to 1664 The early Quaker settlers believed in education and had schools for all children New Jersey was the only colony to have two universities In Bordentown Clara Barton taught without pay to help successfully establish New Jersey’s first free public school Today over 80 of New Jersey’s high school graduates go on to higher learning the highest in the nation The New Jersey Reader is written in the spirit of this long heritage of learning Patterned after early school primers it is filled with stories poems riddles nonfiction drawings and even a play and timeline too I hope you enjoy reading about the state of New Jersey and share this small book with family friends and classmates Your friend Trinka Hakes Noble iii
For all the wonderful children of New Jersey T H N To young artists everywhere who use their imaginations to express both what they see and what they hope K L D iv
Table of Contents A New Jersey Pledge 1 Land of the Lenape 3 Hidden Symbols of New Jersey 8 The Garden State 10 Four Seasons in the Garden State 14 The Tale of Tempe Wick 19 Tallyho 24 Four Shore Fun Riddles 28 The Jersey Devil 31 Crossroads of the Revolution 34 Molly Pitcher A Jersey Girlhood 39 John Woolman A Jersey Boyhood 43 New Jersey Firsts 46 Ely and the Jersey Blues 49 Our Noble Friend 63 The Atlantic Flyway 64 Thomas Edison A New Jersey Genius 69 Reader Theater Shoes for Soldiers 74 New Jersey Timeline 92 The Little Giant 97 v
