McGuffey's Readers

Author: William H. McGuffey
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: In the United States and Western Europe, there is a renowned collection of supplementary reading materials specifically compiled for children that has remained best-selling for over a century. This collection, with sales reaching 180 million copies, is called McGuffey's Readers. In its ranking of the most books in human history, the American Publishers Weekly placed it third, only after the Bible and the of Chairman Mao. American media have described it as having influenced the minds of five generations in the United States, with almost everyone who has received an education having read McGuffey's Readers.