What Johnny likes to read is hard to find in school

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-27

  Worthy, Jo ^a   Moorman, Megan ^a   Turner, Margo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0002642459     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.34.1.2     Document Type: Article

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