First Readers Anthology: Cursive Edition is a companion volume to the First Readers Anthology. The contents of the two books are the same except that the regular edition is in Bookman Old Style font, and the new book is in cursive. The Cursive Edition provides students with a uniquely rich opportunity to gain experience reading English sentences, paragraphs, stories, and poems in cursive. Fluency with cursive depends upon providing sufficient experience reading and writing cursive. The First Readers Anthology: Cursive Edition provides ample opportunity to develop high level fluency in reading cursive writing. Parents and teachers concerned about the lack of cursive instruction and students inability to read cursive writing will find First Readers Anthology: Cursive Edition the finest aid available for developing these essential literacy skills.