Peter and Jane books

Peter and Jane books were designed to get children reading. The series of books used the repetition method of teaching, introducing new words slowly, ie.:

Peter and Jane
Jane and Peter
This is Peter
This is Jane

... you get the idea!

I can remember a dog, a tree, a ball and 'Mother and Father' being involved somewhere too.

There were 36 Peter and Jane books in the series: 12 themed stories with 3 levels in each theme.

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Do You Remember Peter and Jane books?

sally 1973 on 2009-09-22 08:43:39

I remember one book where they went to the beach and the conversation goes like this 'look look says Jane, look look Peter look, have a look, come and look, Peter has a look'. New word: LOOK.

Gojira on 2008-06-05 19:23:49

The Peter & Jane books were published by Ladybird. I remember having to read these at school when I started in 1970. I got through them at a bout twice the rate of everyone else because my mother had taught me to read before I started school.

shazla on 2008-01-09 23:10:47

think it was janet n john but i remember when u advanced to the big books ie...two sentences on one page the first was through the garden gate,remember it bcus i was first tin the class to start it,wasnt it great when u didnt need your tin of spellings...lol..

vic on 2007-10-21 20:02:08

I remember having similar books at school. Red books to start then you moved onto green books. Don't know if they were Peter and Jane, or indeed Janet and John, but they were soft back. One of the red ones had something to do with a cauldron rolling down a hill or something. Ring any bells? This was the early '80s.

Gazzar on 2007-07-23 23:24:03

The Dog was called Pat. Although I am getting on a bit and my memory is lacking now.

Anonymous on 2005-03-30 19:24:23

Sounds very much like Janet and John books. Those were the days of easy reading! Janet liked John.