The Fascination of Old School Books

I'm sorting through old school books that I've accumulated. They're reminders of my mom's teaching days in one-room schools and of my attending this type of school for grades 1-4.


I enjoyed reading Mother's books when I was a child and found some of these when I cleared her house upon her move to our home in another state.

My daughter and I both have collected old reading, math and grammar books but now find we have more than we may want to save. So we'll sort them out for sale.

Some may be first editions. Others are simply of the era when they were used.

Collecting Old School Books

As I was going through my collection of books, in preparation for our recent yard sale, I came across my collection of old school books.  Some of them reminded me of my school days.  Others were from my mom's time.  Still more I've collected as I've browsed yard sales and antique shops.

Among those in my library:

Seventy Lessons in Spelling (revised) copyright 1885.  This edition was published 1905.
The Sprague Classic Readers (Book One, a Primer) by Sarah E. Sprague, published 1903. 
The Big Show, 1949, paperback
Guess Who, the New Basic Readers, 1951.
Around Green Hills, 1963

Of course, the Dick and Jane, Baby Sally, Spot and Puff were the books I read at the one-room school in Poughquag.