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Scott, Foresman & Company's
OUR BIG BOOK


Our Big Book was originally issued in the 1930's and contained the text and artwork of the first Dick and Jane story from The Elson-Gray Basic Pre-Primer. Designed as a teaching aid, Our Big Book measured 30" x 22" and was placed on an easel at the head of the classroom. In 1940, during Dick and Jane's first round of revisions, a new version of Our Big Book was published using text and artwork from the We Look and See pre-primer. It was subsequently revised again in 1950. In 1960, it was updated one final time, reducing the size to 19" x 20.5" and changing the format to a heavy cardboard. These easel cards used the artwork and text from the Sally, Dick & Jane and Fun with Our Family pre-primers, the Think-and-Do workbook and Before We Read. Our Big Book, is one of the scarcer Dick & Jane collectibles. Individual pages are sought after for framing by Dick and Jane collectors.
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1930's Our Big Book Pages:

Page 5 & 6 On Page 5, The entire family is out on a walk.
On Page 6, the family watches an airplane fly overhead.
Fine Condition. $ 45 View

Page 9 & 10 On Page 9, Dick, Jane & Father run toward the
house while baby watches. On Page 10, Mother meets Dick, Jane & Father at
the front door. Fine Condition. $ 45 View

Page 11 & 12 On Page 11, Dick, Jane, Father & Mother
on the front porch. On Page 12, Dick, Jane, Father &
Mother go for a walk. There is a 6" tear along lower edge
of the page; Otherwise Fine Condition. $ 25 View

Page 13 & 14 On Page 13, Dick & Jane and the Baby play
Hide and Seek. On Page 14, Dick & Jane and Mother & Father
find the Baby behind a bush. Fine Condition. $ 55 View

Page 17 & 18 Page 17 shows Spot and Mew looking in through
the screen door. Page 18 shows Dick, Jane, Spot & Mew on the
porch. There is a stain on the illustration on page 18. Otherwise
Fine Condition. $ 35 View

Page 19 & 20 Page 19 has Dick & Jane feeding Spot & Mew
on the front porch. Page 20 shows Jane playing with Spot
while Dick watches from behind some bushes. Fine Condition. $ 55 View

Page 23 & 24 On Page 23, Spot confronts a large bullfrog.
On Page 24, Dick and Jane are seated at a table and cutting
out paper animals. Fine Condition. $ 55 View

Page 25 & 26 On Page 25, Dick and Jane are doing paper
crafts. On page 26, another scene of Dick & Jane doing
paper crafts. Very Good Condition. $ 45 View



1960's Our Big Book Pages (Sally, Dick & Jane):

Card #5 Double-sided Color Card depicting text and art from pages 9 & 10.
Both pages feature Sally, Dick & Jane playing on the lawn. Fine Condition $ 35

Card #6 Double-sided Color Card depicting text and art from pages 11 & 12.
Page 11 depicts Sally & Puff . Page 12 depicts Sally, Dick, Jane & Puff.
Fine Condition. $ 35 View

1960's Our Big Book Pages (Think-and-Do):

Card #10 Double-sided Card depicting text and art from pages 2 & 4.
Page 2 has two pictures. One has Sally, Puff and Spot and the other has Dick,
Jane and Spot (tangled in a clothes line).
Page 4 has two pictures. One has Sally, Jane, Puff & Spot and the other features
Dick, Sally & Spot. Fine Condition $ 25

Card #11 Double-sided Card depicting text and art from pages 10 & 12.
Page 6 depicts Sally & Spot . Page 8 depicts Sally, Jane, Puff, Tim & Mother.
The scan for this card came out dark due to a lighting problem. The actual card
is very bright white and is in Fine Condition. 2 Copies Available. $ 25 View

Card #12 Double-sided Card depicting text and art from pages 10 & 12.
Page 10 features Dick, Sally, Spot & Tim. Page 12 features Sally, Jane & Puff.
The scan for this card came out dark due to a lighting problem. The actual card
is very bright white and is in Fine Condition. $ 25 View

1960's Our Big Book Pages (Before We Read):

Card #10 Double-sided Card depicting Pages 30 & 31.
Page 30 features Sally & Jane at the monkey cage at the zoo.
Page 31 is six different color scenes of zoo animals.
Very Good Condition $ 25 View



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