TheRoyalReaderswereeditedandpublishedbythefamousBritishpublisherandusedinschoolsuntilwellintothe20thcentury.TheyareeditedassixbooksintheRoyalSchoolSeries.Studentsprogressedfromtheveryeasylessonstoclassicreaders.
TheFirstBook,beginningwithsimilarlyeasylessons,consistedofrhymesandsimpleshortstorieswithplentyofillustrationsforyounglearners.Childrenlearnedlettersandeasyreading.Thefirstpartofthisbookfocusesexclusivelyonmonosyllabicwordsandthesecondpartintroducestwosyllablewords.
IntheSecondBookthereareshortselectionsofpoetryandprosedesignedtoencourageinterestinreading.Eachstoryisfollowedbyalessononpronunciation,simpledefinitionsofnewwordsandquestionsonitscontent.