McGuffey Readers is a series of graded primers, including grade levels 1-6, widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and in homeschooling. It is estimated that at least 125 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold till the year of 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary .
This first reader introduces children to McGuffey's ethical code. The child modeled in this book is prompt, good, kind, honest and truthful.