A Battledore from Rusher’s Banbury Battledore and Reading Made Easy (early 19th c) – Children’s Literature: A Tradition

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10 A Battledore from Rusher’s Banbury Battledore and Reading Made Easy (early 19th c)

Example image of words with accompanying icons: quiver, buck, bow, tree, Job (the biblical character), kite (the bird), etc.

Battledores were seen as an improvement upon the earlier horn books. They were printed on paper and folded to fit neatly in a pocket.

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