My Weekly Reader 1963 January 14

 

I like the title "The Moon is in Our Space Plans". This issue had more information for 2nd graders about America's plans to go to the Moon.

We will go "Before 1970."

My Weekly Reader 1962 Nov 5 and Dec 3

 

I continue with my history of the space race week by week through the eyes of My Weekly Reader. Both of these are from the 2nd grader edition.

Even without anything new to say My Weekly Reader kept feeding the 2nd graders space race content. I actually had not heard of the Anna satellite before I read this.  

From Wikipedia: ANNA 1B (acronym for "Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force") was a United States satellite launched on October 31, 1962, from Cape Canaveral, on a Thor-Ablestar rocket. The mission profile involved ANNA serving as a reference for making precise geodetic surveys, allowing measurement of the force and direction of the gravity field of Earth, locating the middle of land masses and establishing surface positions.

A Trip Through Space with Elsie the Cow (1957)

 

This was a promotional comic from Borden's dairy staring their mascot Elsie the Cow. It contains 16 pages of "Space-Fun, Games, Puzzles, Cut-Outs." Their is not much story but it was illustrated well. I choose to included the whole comic for your pleasure.

A Trip Through Space with Elsie the Cow. (Borden promotional comic) The Borden Co. 16 pg. 1957.

My Weekly Reader 1962, March 19 and Sept 10

 

As I fill in with a few more Weekly Readers.  Several books that I hoped would arrive have not appeared so I will continue with these charming snapshots of childhood in the space age.

I like this very simple approach to explaining John Glenn's voyage to children in the 1st grade.

I also this approach to explaining what all the news about Telstar might mean to a 1st grader.

My Weekly Reader Nov 16, 1959

Nov 16, 1959

My Weekly Reader Oct 12, 1959

 

Oct 12, 1959

Another My Weekly Reader today. How is your 2026 going for you? This issue talks about the development of the Mercury capsule and the Russians sending a rocket to impact on the Moon.

Finally a quiz about what you (and the child) read.

My Weekly Reader 1958-1959

                                                        March 3, 1958
 

Happy New Year's! I picked up a set of My Weekly Reader so I thought I would share some with you as I have a chance to scan them. Some of these are from My Weekly Reader Picture Reader. This was the version for 1st graders. The next is from the My Weekly reader Summer Cruise. This was for older children.

June 8, 1959

The article is not about imaginary flying saucers but rather how the military is developing their own. Hope you enjoyed some bits of what children saw while they were in school.