My cousin homeschooled her children and used Mcguffey Readers. Those were amazing!
I’ve never heard of the McGuffey Readers, so checked them out online. They are still used home schooling. I grew up in Rochester, NY, and the school system there used the Dick and Jane series and workbooks for reading skills. I was lucky as my mother used to read to me before I even started school, and by the time I started Kindergarten in 1952, I was already reading on my own. I read to both my sons when they were little too.