Growing Up with Dick and Jane

They'reback!GrowingUpwithDickandJanereunitesuswithtwooldfriends,DickandJane,who,forfortyyears,taughtsomanyofustoread.Here'stheallAmericanbrotherandsisterteam.Look!It'sDick,inhisstripedpoloshirtsandshorts,alwaysreadyforanadventure.Look!Look!It'sJane,inherprettydresses,eagertohavefunandlearnaboutlife.There'ssilly,mischievousBabySally,andSpot,America'sfavoritespaniel.GrowingUpwithDickandJanebringstolifethecastofcharacterswhoareemblemsoftheAmericanDream.AndsidebysidewiththestoryofDickandJaneisanentertainingandinformativetextthattracksimportanthistorical,socialandeducationaleventsofthe"DickandJaneera."Here'syourchancetostepbackintotheinnocentwatercolorworldofDickandJane,wherenightnevercomes,kneesneverscrape,parentsneveryellandthefunneverstops.RememberholdingaDickandJaneprimerforthefirsttimeandthethrillyoufeltwhenyouknewyoucouldread?GrowingUpwithDickandJanetracestheDickandJanephenomenonfromtheirbirthduringtheDepressiontotheirretirementinthestormy1960s.ItexplorestheinfluencetheselittlebookshadoneducationandtheevolvingAmericanDream.PackagedwithasampleroforiginalDickandJanestoriesandcutoutdollsofDickandJane,GrowingUpwithDickandJanestirsmemoriesofhome,schoolandwhatitwasliketogrowupwhenchildhoodfeltlikeonelongsummerday.CaroleKismaricandMarvinHeifermanproduceinnovativevisualbooksandmuseumexhibitions.Lookout,theircompany,hascreated:TalkingPictures(Chronicle),abookandpopularmultimediaexhibition;LoyaltyandBetrayal:TheStoryoftheAmericanMob(CollinsSanFrancisco);thebestsellingCinderellaandLittleRedRidingHood(Hyperion)withWilliamWegman;andthecultclassicsMr.Salesman(TwinPalms)withDianeKeatonandI'mSoHappy(Vintage).BobKeeshan,knowntogenerationsasCaptainKangaroo,isoneofthemostbelovedperformersandinfluentialinnovatorsofchildren'stelevision.ThefirstClarabellonTheHowdyDoodyShow,KeeshanwentontocreateCaptainKangaroo,thelongest-runningnetworkchildren'sseries.Anadvocateofchildren'scauses,Keeshan'suniqueblendofeducationandentertainmenthasinfluencedhisfollowers,onscreenandoff.