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Zerna Addas Sharp (August 12, 1889 – June 17, 1981) was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described the activities of her fictional siblings, "Dick," "Jane," "Sally," and other characters, were widely used in schools in the United States and many other English-speaking countries for nearly forty years. The series, which included such titles as We Look and See, We Come and Go, We Work and Play, and Fun with Dick and Jane, among others, was marketed until 1973 and used the look-say method of teaching reading.

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rdfs:label	Zerna Sharp (en)
rdfs:comment	Zerna Addas Sharp (August 12, 1889 – June 17, 1981) was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described the activities of her fictional siblings, "Dick," "Jane," "Sally," and other characters, were widely used in schools in the United States and many other English-speaking countries for nearly forty years. The series, which included such titles as We Look and See, We Come and Go, We Work and Play, and Fun with Dick and Jane, among others, was marketed until 1973 and used the look-say method of teaching reading. (en)
foaf:name	Zerna A. Sharp (en)
name	Zerna A. Sharp (en)
birth place	Clinton County, Indiana Hillisburg
death place	Frankfort, Indiana
death place	Frankfort, Indiana, United States (en)
death date	1981-06-17 (xsd:date)
birth place	Hillisburg, Clinton County, Indiana, United States (en)
birth date	1889-08-12 (xsd:date)
dct:subject	People from Clinton County, Indiana American children's writers 1889 births 1981 deaths American women children's writers
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Wikipage revision ID	1105109104 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	California Eleanor Campbell (illustrator) University of Chicago People from Clinton County, Indiana American children's writers Columbia University Scott Foresman Civil rights movement Frankfort, Indiana Clinton County, Indiana Phonics Picket fence 1889 births 1981 deaths American women children's writers Sight word African Americans Basal reader Dick and Jane Primer (textbook) Chicago La Porte, Indiana Subvocalization William S. Gray Marion, Indiana Illinois Indiana Indiana Wesleyan University Kirklin, Indiana New York City Reading McGuffey Readers Hillisburg
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://americacomesalive.com/2017/06/02/dick-and-jane-story-of-these-early-readers/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99141679/zerna-addis-sharp
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birth name	Zerna Addis Sharp (en)
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known for	Creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers (en)
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has abstract	Zerna Addas Sharp (August 12, 1889 – June 17, 1981) was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described the activities of her fictional siblings, "Dick," "Jane," "Sally," and other characters, were widely used in schools in the United States and many other English-speaking countries for nearly forty years. The series, which included such titles as We Look and See, We Come and Go, We Work and Play, and Fun with Dick and Jane, among others, was marketed until 1973 and used the look-say method of teaching reading. (en)

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