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Vintage Dick
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William S. Gray - Author & Co-Creator
"Father" of the Dick and Jane Series
Zerna Addis Sharp - Creator "Mother" of the Dick and Jane Series
Photo credit: Clinton County Historical Museum.
Co-author of the 1930's Dick and Jane Series (Elson-Gray Basic Readers)
The original Dick and Jane series was the idea and creation of Zerna Addis Sharp , (known as the "Mother" of the Dick and Jane Series). William S. Gray , (known as the "Father" of the Dick and Jane Series), was a co-creator and the main author of this series. William H. Elson was a co-author of the Dick and Jane Readers. Elson's previous reading series ("The Elson Basic Readers") were used as a foundation on which the Dick and Jane Series was built, yet The Elson Basic Readers are not part of the Dick and Jane Series. They were an entirely different series with completely different characters and word usage.
Zerna A. Sharp had a deep love for teaching. She had been a teacher for over ten years in Indiana. She wanted to find a way that would encourage the children to read, and bring the stories to life for them by getting them to connect to the characters within the stories.
One day, while Zerna was walking on the beach of Lake Michigan, she noticed how the children played, communicated, and interacted. This is what inspired her ideas for the stories. She knew exactly how she wanted the words and style to be for these readers. She wanted the characters in the stories to imitate how the children were interacting, communicating, and playing in real life.
Zerna A. Sharp worked alongside William S. Gray to make these ideas and reality. Not only did they agree with the "whole word" or "Look Say" method of teaching, but Gray also agreed with Zerna about her idea to create a set of main characters that the children could relate to. This would allow the children to identify with the characters in the stories. They would be able to relate to the way they played, their lifestyle, and even situations that might be similar to their own family unit. In a sense, you could say that the Characters, Sally, Dick and Jane, became the children's "textbook friends".
The connection the children would make with the character while reading this series, would also increase their interest in reading. They would get excited to see what new adventure their "textbook friends" were doing in more stories. Reading would no longer be something they would dread, but it would turn into something they could enjoy and even find fun!
Zerna was the one who actually named the characters in the Dick and Jane series. She was also the one who picked out their clothing style, would oversee the word usage and storylines, and so much more. She was so passionate about this, that she considered Sally, Dick and Jane "her children", after all she was the one to create them and bring them to life for so many children to enjoy having this textbook friendship.
Again, the 1920's Elson Basic Readers were NOT part of the Dick and Jane series. This has been a big misunderstanding which has caused a lot of confusion. Another misconception is that many people think that the, 1927 Elson Pupil’s Hand Chart is a Dick and Jane book. However, it’s not! The reason behind this misconception is due to the fact that the, 1930 Elson-Gray Basic Readers Pre-Primer states on the title/copyright page that this book is a, “Revision of the Elson Pupil’s Hand Chart, copyright 1921, 1927”. ~ However, the early Elson Reader, “The Elson Pupil’s Hand Chart”, did not include Dick and Jane, nor any of the same stories, or illustrations, found in the 1930 Elson-Gray Basic Readers Pre-Primer (Dick and Jane book). The Elson Pupil’s Hand Chart and all of the 1920’s Elson Basic Readers were BEFORE the Dick and Jane characters were even thought of or created. All of the 1920’s Elson Readers are not part of the Dick and Jane Series.
It is worth noting that when William H. Elson, William S. Gray, and Zerna Sharp, all joined together to create a whole new series of school curriculum readers, they used the 1920’s Elson Readers as a basis for making their breakthrough transition of an entirely new series. The Elson Readers were changed to, “The Elson-Gray Basic Readers”, in recognition of William Gray and William Elson co-authoring the newly created readers. Zerna Sharp was the main creator of the Dick and Jane Series and their characters, however she did not actually author any of them.
Also, even though Elson Basic Readers from the 1920's were the forerunner to the Dick and Jane Series, they were basically just used as a basis to lay the foundation for the future Dick and Jane Readers. However, the Dick and Jane characters did NOT exist before the year 1930. The Dick and Jane series first began in the exact year of 1930.
During the process of creating the new and upcoming Dick and Jane Series, using the Elson Basic Readers for a platform to start it on... the covers, stories, characters, and even the series had all completely changed during this drastic revision of the readers.
However, some of the old classic “fairytale” type stories were still used and included in many different eras and readers of the Dick and Jane Series, even though the fairytale stories had nothing to do with the Dick and Jane stories. They were included due to the quality the fairytales held in terms of reading, literacy, comprehension, and interest. They were and are timeless treasures.
The 1920's Elson Readers were transformed into newly revised versions for the upcoming new series that would begin with the 1930 copyright edition of, The Elson-Gray Basic Readers . This 1930 edition of The Elson-Gray Basic Readers Pre-Primer is the VERY FIRST BOOK that began the whole Dick and Jane series.
Just for further clarity, the Dick and Jane characters or readers were not even created, or implemented, until the year of 1930. Thus, none of the 1920's books are part of the Dick and Jane series. And even though the, 1927 Elson Pupil's Hand Chart was considered to be a forerunner of the 1930 Elson-Gray Basic Readers Pre-Primer of the Dick and Jane Series...
the 1927 Elson Pupil's Hand Chart is NOT a Dick and Jane book.
See pics below of the 1927 Elson Pupil's Hand Chart and the 1930 Elson Basic Readers Pre-Primer.
Important Information Regarding the 1920's Elson Basic Readers
1927 The Elson Readers Pupil's Hand Chart PRE -Dick and Jane ( NOT part of the series)
1930 Elson (Elson-Gray) Basic Pre-Primer Very FIRST Dick and Jane Reader
Zerna Addis Sharp - Creator and "Mother" of the Dick and Jane Series
Photo credit: Clinton County Historical Museum
The Very FIRST Original Dick and Jane Book
The original Dick and Jane series ran from 1930 to 1965. The VERY FIRST original, Dick and Jane book, was published in the year 1930. It was the: Elson Basic Readers Pre-Primer "Elson-Gray", Life Reading Service (eventually changed to "Curriculum Foundation Series") Copyright ©1930 Scott Foresman and Company / Illustrated by: Miriam Story Hurford
The 1930 Elson-Gray Basic Reader Pre-Primer, was the very first book to include the characters named “Dick and Jane”, along with their family. This book is a small soft cover in the colors of green, black, and orange. You could say it was the " BIRTH " of this series, as it was the very first book, to introduce the characters that started this beloved Dick and Jane series. It featured the original characters: Dick and Jane, Baby (Dick and Jane's little sister, who was later named Sally), Spot (the dog), Little Mew (the cat, who was later named Puff), Mother and Father.
More History about the Dick and Jane Series
The vintage original Dick and Jane series ran from 1930 to 1965 . Sadly, in 1965, The Dick and Jane Basic Readers and some of the other books in this series, ceased. Although, in 1965 and 1966 Scott Foresman and Company went on to copyright two other "extension readers" to this series. They were: Wide Horizons, (for slow readers) and Open Highways, (for advanced readers). However, they did not feature the Dick and Jane characters. The Dick and Jane Series came to a production halt in the mid to late 1960's, however many schools still continued using the books through the late 1970's. It was then, in the late 1970's, when the Dick and Jane Series came to it's official end (meaning they were offically no longer used in the school system). The schools were ordered to stop using the books and to dispose of them, which also included a book burning. Although some teachers, students and parents had saved their books! Thus, what we collect today! The Dick and Jane Series not only included the Elson-Gray Basic Readers, The Basic Readers, and The New Basic Readers, but they also had many other subjects and special printings as well. Some subjects were: Social Studies, Art, Science, Math (arithmetic), Health, and more!
Plus there were numerous teaching materials and manipulatives that were used in conjunction with, and are part of this series, such as: Big books, reading (linguistic) blocks, games, flash cards (words, math, speech, and pictures), calendars, paper dolls, cut-outs, math cubes, math windows, LP record albums, film strips, charts, posters, brochures, pamphlets, parent guidebooks, and so much more! It was truly a comprehensive curriculum. Many people are unaware that there are several other RARE and SPECIAL EDITIONS of this series, such as: Cathedral (Catholic) editions, French Editions, Christian (Seventh Day Adventist) editions, England/UK editions, braille editions, Experimental (i.t.a eksperimental edishon/phonetic) editions, Texas Editions, Canadian editions, and more! There were only a limited amount of publishing companies who were given special permission to publish those special and rare editions listed above.
Please do not be fooled by those who advertise "other" vintage children readers as being "Dick and Jane", just because a vintage book may have characters similar to Dick and Jane, or even one of their names used as characters, does NOT make it a true Dick and Jane book or item. There are many people advertising books, as being "Dick and Jane", when in fact they are NOT in any way part of the Dick and Jane series at all. Therefore, please... be an informed buyer... do your research, and ask questions!
Some of the "other" series that I often see falsely advertised as being "Dick and Jane" are The Ginn Basic Readers, The Alice and Jerry Basic Readers (Row and Peterson), Betts Basic Readers, Dot and Jim Series, John C. Winston, Houghton Mifflin, and verious other companies and series. Those are NOT Dick and Jane books! They are completely different series, by entirely different publishers, and with their very own set of unique characters to those series. Many publishing companies tried to mimic the Dick and Jane series due to their success. Several sellers are advertising these books as being a Dick and Jane readers, even though they are not.
The true vintage original Dick and Jane readers were published by Scott Foresman and Company . The Canadian publishing company who were given rights to publish their version (including the French ediitons) was W.J. Gage. The UK editions are known as, The Happy Trio Reading Scheme, published in Great Britain by Wheaton of Exeter with arrangment from Scott Foresman and Company. Plus others with specific permission granted by Scott Foresman and Company. Note : in the older grade levels (3rd grade and higher), as well as some of the other subjects the actual characters of Dick and Jane were excluded as characters from them! Yet they are still very much part of this series, as the books are leveled by grade and coded with numbers accordingly in each set, and for each era. Thus, NO collection would be complete without all of the levels and subjects!
The Dick and Jane items that I list and sell give full respect to the original series and the copyright holders of the Dick and Jane™ name, in order to preserve the authenticity of the original Dick and Jane series! Scott Foresman and Company was the original publishing company of the original Dick and Jane series, of which the Addison-Wesley, Pearson Educational Publishers, Inc. now own all trademark rights to the Dick and Jane name, series, and their characters.
Dick and Jane™ is a registered trademark of Addison-Wesley, Pearson Educational Publishers.
Tiny Town Books and Toys are in now way affliliated or endorsed by Addison-Wesley, Pearson Educational Publishers.
1930's Dick and Jane Characters and Info.
Contrary to what some people think... Spot was NEVER named "Happy" ... and the cat was NEVER named, "Spot" . Many people were misinformed of this from things they read on the internet. That information is incorrect!! I will address this and clear up the confusion with the facts and pictures below.
1930 Elson-Gray Basic Readers Pre-Primer
1936 Revised Pre-Primer Dick and Jane
1934 More Dick and Jane Stories / Elson-Gray
Mother, Father, Dick, Jane, and Baby (1930 and 1936 Elson-Gray Basic Readers Pre-Primer)
Who Were "Baby" and "Little Mew"... and What Kind of Dog Was Spot in the 1930's?
In the 1930's Dick and Jane Readers the character we know as, "SALLY" wasn't named yet. She was simply called,
"BABY". As for SPOT (the DOG) he was a terrier. He was later changed to a cocker spaniel. The CAT we know as,
"PUFF" was called "LITTLE MEW" in the 1930 editions.
(Later changed to a cocker spaniel)
More Interesting Facts About the Dick and Jane Series to Clarify Other Misconceptions
In the 1930's primer there is a story entitled, "The Birthday" , about a family with two children named Nancy and Billy. They have a dog named "Happy", of which is a "Scottie" breed of dog. Happy is Nancy and Billy's pet dog. Nancy and Billy are just friends of Dick and Jane.
They (Nancy and Billy) are even featured in another story in this same Primer book. That story is called, "The Surprise Party", in which Dick and Jane go to their grandparents farm. When they arrive, their grandfather has a surprise party... complete with a pony, pony rides, a wagon ride, and... Dick and Jane friend's are there too. The friends at the party are: Nancy, Billy, Patty and Tom. -- Yes! The same Nancy and Billy that own the dog named, "Happy". Therefore, it is clear that Nancy is not Jane, Billy is not Dick, and Happy the dog is not Spot ! Nancy, Billy and Happy are completely different characters! ~ Spot was never a scottie type of breed and Spot was never named Happy. Below are pictures.
Another story that confused people is the storty entitled, "Spot and the Red Ball". That story is also in the 1930's Elson-Gray Basic Reader Primer. It features a cat named Spot.
Spot and the Red Ball, was actually a story that was used with permission from the publishers Thomas Nelson and Company, of whom featured this story in one of their books, prior to it even being in this Dick and Jane reader.
Spot was never a cat , and Dick and Jane's cat (Little Mew otherwise known as "Puff") was never called Spot . The cat featured in the story, "Spot and the Red Ball", is an entirely different cat, and it is NOT part of the Dick and Jane characters.
In the 1930's DICK and JANE's hair color change from one extreme to the other. In the 1930 and 1936 PRE-PRIMERS, as well as the 1934 second PRE-PRIMER, and the 1937 Before We Read PRE-PRIMER... Dick had dark brown or black hair and Jane had blonde hair. ~~~ However, in the 1936 PRIMER, Dick had blonde hair and Jane had reddish-brown hair. This was the only book that featured Dick with Blonde Hair, and Jane with dark hair. Please see pictures below from the different readers showing the Dick and Jane characters.
Dick and Jane get a new hair color!
1936 Elson-Gray Basic Reader Dick and Jane PRIMER
1937 Before We Read / Dick and Jane Pre-Primer / Pre-Reader
Back to black hair for Dick and blonde hair for Jane
1940's Dick and Jane Characters and Info
in the 1940's, Dick's hair is now a soft medium brown, and Jane's hair is soft blonde. Their facial features have changed somewhat as well. Also, you will notice with each era, their clothing style reflects the time frame of the specified eras. In some of the 1940's Pre-Primers, Sally is still called "Baby". Eleanor Campbell was one of the main illustrators for the 1940 Dick and Jane readers. Below are some pictures of the Dick and Jane characters from the 1940's
There were THREE Pre-Primers in the 1940's. They were: We Work and Play, We Come and Go, and We Look and See. There were two different copyrights for these Dick and Jane Pre-Primer issued during the 1940's. They were: copyright 1940, and a revised version copyright 1946-47. The 1940 editions featured a different cover illustration than the 1946-47 editions.
The pics below show three different pre-primers from the 1940's.
1950's Dick and Jane Characters and Info
The Dick and Jane characters changed a little bit again with this era. The children were done in clothing of the 1950's. The illustrations were done in watercolor. Above are just a few pics of what a some of the books and illustrations look like. I will eventually add more information and pictures.
1960's Dick and Jane Characters and Info
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