My Weekly Reader
As I kid who started school in the 1960s I immediately recognized this publication I came across recently: The scan is from this wonderful blog: https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-weekly-reader-1960-1966.html I will be spending more time reading that blog. I started first grade in 1961 so I *might* have seen this one while attending Indian Hill: And this 1/2 page about John Glenn was from 1962 when I we had all moved to the big school: Maple Dale: I really don't remember much specifically about My Weekly Reader except for one incident that I remember clearly. This must have been in 1961 or 1962. President Kennedy had started a new project called The Peace Corps in 1961. One thing the teachers did was have students read aloud from My Weekly Reader . I remember one girl was called on to read and when she got to Peace Corps she instead said peach crops - well as kids will do we all laughed. Now that I think of the incident it must have been t...