William Holmes McGuffey

McGuffey's Eclectic Primer William Holmes McGuffey

now wreaths who queen woods shall crown Children playing in wood. Two boys in foreground playing a fife and drum. It is the first of May. The boys and girls have gone to the woods to have a good time. See them at their play. The girls have wreaths in their hands. Now they will crown some one Queen of the May. Who shall it be? It should be the best girl, and that is Kate. God small from world moon shine nut long ago Small girl watching a tree. Two acorns shown in inset. Do you see that tall tree? Long ago it sprang up from a small nut. Do you know who made it do so? It was God, my child. God made the world and all things in it. He made the sun to light the day, and the moon to shine at night. God shows that he loves us by all that he has done for us. Should we not then love him?