Dick and Jane were the main characters in popular basal readers written by William S. Gray and published by Scott Foresman, that were used to teach children to read from the 1930s through to the 1970s in the United States.
The first Dick and Jane stories appeared in a 1930 primer series, the Elson-Gray Readers.
The books are warmly illustrated and often slyly funny but difficult to read aloud. One story, titled Look Up, begins:
Dick said, "Look, look.
Look up.
Look up, up, up."
For the next 40 years, more than 60 million students encountered the rosy-cheeked duo, their mom and dad, little sister Sally, dog Spot and cat Puff.
By the 1950s, an estimated 80% of first-graders were using Dick and Jane.
2004 Article: See 'Dick and Jane' — again
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