# What was this 1960s/70s series of school readers (books)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-1960s-70s-series-of-school-readers-books/216490 "2003-12-02T14:04:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-1960s-70s-series-of-school-readers-books/216490/1 "2003-12-02T14:04:19Z")
Sorry in advance for so little information. I have been trying to recall titles/publisher so I could find copies of this (or better yet a web site devoted to it). In high schools in California in the late 1960s, early 1970s there was a series of reading books for the kids. They featured recurring characters: male and female kids. The kids were always putting on plays and building things. I recall specifically: they built a space ship (out of plywood) big enough for themselves to play in. And I think one of them freaked the others out by pretending to be an alien. I think the kid wore an ant-head costume that was leftover from a production they did of “The Grasshopper and the Ants.” Ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-1960s-70s-series-of-school-readers-books/216490/2 "2003-12-02T15:23:59Z")
I recall someone here who found a website devoted to all school books from yesteryear. I think there was a series called “Vistas” when I was a school kid in the 60s. Is that what you’re looking for? ---
**Author:** ![BizarroRonJeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@BizarroRonJeremy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BizarroRonJeremy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-1960s-70s-series-of-school-readers-books/216490/3 "2003-12-02T18:42:49Z")
Lippincott books?