The Letter People The Letter People The Letter People is a children's literacy program and the television series based on that program. The term also refers to the various characters depicted in the program and television show. Elayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman originally created the concept of Letter People to teach beginning readers how to "decode" or "sound out" the consonants and vowels that form words. They embodied the basic rules of phonics into stories about these make-believe characters called Letter People. Each letter of the alphabet had a distinct characteristic to help children learn not only the letter but the sound the
The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry is an 18th-century English-language encyclopaedia, holding a summary of information on agriculture and in all its branches. It was written by member of the Royal Society of Arts under the pseudonym a Society of Gentlemen, and first issued in 1756 and published in weekly numbers until 1768. "The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry" is an 18th-century dictionary, which dealt with all branches of agriculture. It contained various contemporary methods of cultivating and improving land; of breeding, managing, and fattening