[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Dick and Jane

[Ken Goodman]

But the nature of the basal changed with Dick and Jane.

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Timothy Shanahan <shanahan at uic.edu> wrote:

> Gray did this, but he was not the lead the guy--at least not initially.
> First, there were the Elson Readers and then the Elson-Gray Readers. Gray
> was a co-author, but moved into the lead once Elson passed away in the
> mid-1930s.
>
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> [mailto:reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of
> Ken Goodman
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 8:13 AM
> To: tsticht at znet.com
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> Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Dick and Jane
>
> Gray was the principle author of Scott Foresman's series and set the form
> for all those controlled vocabulary reading programs.
> I started school in Chicago in 1932 and may have been among the first
> users.
> When dick and Jane were put out to retirement in the 70's theere was alot
> of
> news coverage, I joined the team of authors of reading unlimated which
> moved
> away from controlled vocabulary and became literature based.
> Sometime later I got a call from a Vermont teacher who  identified hersellf
> as Sally. Her father was the artist who did the illustrations. SHe was the
> model for baby Sally. SHe had become a whole language teacher.
>
> Remember that this was an era of Freudian views that kids needed strong
> role
> models so the children were well behaved . Father wore a suit, Mother was
> shown in her kitchen wearing an apron and it was several decades late that
> Dick andJane were shown in play clothes.
> The suburban setting was to give kids something to admire and aspire to.
>
> I don't doubt that someone was designated to monitor how the children were
> dressed and that they were correctly proper.
> Incidentally the major four figure royalties were largely from the work
> books which were printed several hundred thousand at atime several times a
> year,
>
> No authors were on royalty while was an author, We each got a set amount.
> None of authors wrote any of the material in the program.
> Ken Goodman
>
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 5:26 PM, <tsticht at znet.com> wrote:
>
> > Greetings folks! I came across the following statement about the Dick
> > and Jane series:
> >
> > quote:"Miss Zerna Sharp, known as the "Mother of Dick and Jane" was a
> > beautiful and highly intelligent woman and deserves credit in the
> > creation of Dick and Jane. Without Zerna, her thoughts, her beliefs,
> > and fabulous skills, this series would never have been born." end
> > quote
> >
> > I'm wondering if some of you know if this is accurate. I'd also like
> > to know if it is accurate to refer to Willam S. Gray as "the Father of
> > Dick and Jane"?
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Tom Sticht
> >
> >
> >
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